It never ceases to amaze me how much technology there is "out there" for teachers.  Although I feel as though I'm "in touch" with the technology world (through social media and many other tech tools I touch base with daily), have attended many technology conferences and work very closely with a tech guru, I had never heard of the site, "Cool Tool for Schools".  I am blown away by the accessibility of this site... everything you ever needed to know about tech tools for teachers can be found…

I have bookmarked CoolToolsforSchools, http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

No teacher should be left behind on this one. Every curricular area, every grade level, anyway to inspire kids can be found here. My colleagues are sure to find their techy side with this. Thanks Dr. Beard for the constant exposure to connectivism! Music, drawing, writing, graphing and tons of widgets. Teachers hands are full, but I am encouraging…

Looking back at the activities in TE 886, I can confidently say that I have found very useful online resources, but most importantly I have discovered that through technology there will always be MORE to learn.  Education is my passion, as is lifelong learning, which is maybe why technology is so thrilling to me; the constant change, new information, and exciting ways to connect with others give technology great appeal!

In Module 5's activities, it was interesting to discover…

For the class I am taking this semester we were assigned a couple of "capstone" assignments to put what we had learned this semester to the test.  It was interesting on my part.  I knew that I had collected a much larger network of resources since August but, it was startling for me to actually see how much it has grown.

Project one was to design a unit using connectivism at its core.  At the beginning of this semester, I was very neutral to connectivism as learning theory.  I viewed…

I really enjoyed Module 5. We were told that it would be among the most important - if not the most important - module we complete in our course. It involved reviewing national standards for teaching online and innovative teaching and use of technology in our institutions. I discovered that I met most of the standards, having been involved in the elearning industry for the past 10 years. We then were offered two options for one of the activities. I quickly jumped on the activity involving…