Reflective Essay of My Pass Classes

Shayne Frost

ID# 110086
ND4B

G.C Foster College of Physical Education 

Reflective Essay

The course Education Technology seemed hard and very alien to me, especially when I saw the course works for the first time. It stated something about creating a website and using Computer-based Instructional Support tools to do something or the other. That’s what I saw anyway. I totally believed that I would have no chance to pass this course. However I started to change that way of thinking when we created Skype accounts and all of us in class were speaking in a group. We could share ideas, each person could write their own opinions and everyone had a chance to view it and reply back to it.

Then came the forum, it was the place where all the magic happened. The Forum was a place where I could post my completed work, I could view others completed work I could see the replies of other to my work and I could reply to others. It was amazing to see how we could all be connected no matter where we physically were. Once it was in the forum everyone in class could see it.

We moved from making simple writing entries about what we believe Education Technology was to writing lesson plans in the ASSURE model. I was soon creating recording, telling digital stories and creating interactive quizzes. Using the programs Audacity and Photo Story 3 to create recordings and digital stories were new but exciting to create. These programs allowed me to present information in a way I had never done before. I also learned how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create an interactive quiz, this allowed me to make any quiz I wanted from any topic and it was fun to see my creation come alive when others used it. I created a website and have been able to makes changes to it as I please. Thanks for the introduction of the course I’m now a blogger, and I have a wiki page and a web quest. All this things did not seem possible when I first entered the course, all the things that I told myself I couldn't do, I have now done and will continue doing. Today is the last day I will do something related to this course and it indeed a sad day. I wish I still this class and course but all good things come to an end. I looked back on this course and to see where I started from and where I am now is remarkable. Thank you Mrs. Stoney-James for introducing this brilliant course to me and for allowing my to use my mind when I thought were problems occurred. No one could have done a better job teaching this course and I once more I say thank you.