Course+Reflection+Responses

1. I try not to predict too many outcomes for these classes except that I will work hard and do my best to get a good grade. I have found over the years that when I try to envision or predict what a class or an experience will be like, my preconceived notions can cause more harm than good. That being said, I could not have predicted the outcome of the group project to have been as positive as it was, I was very nervous about working with a group, it ended up being a very positive experience.

2. I feel that almost everything that I have learned through not only this class but all of my classes can be relevant to my work in the classroom. To be honest though, I am more concerned with how all of these skills I have gained will be relevant in the future, I am hoping to use my Master's degree to get myself a promotion and move out of the public education classroom. My goal is to work in preservice teacher education, teaching people how to use these skills in the classroom.

3. There were no outcomes that I did not manage to achieve, assuming that my work will result in a satisfactory grade. This is not to say that the course is not worthwhile or not challenging, it is simply the case that due to my outlook on things there is really no way to say if any outcomes have been achieved yet or not until I fail or succeed to get my promotion next year.

4. I have been successful in completing all of the course assignments thus far. Some aspects of the assignments have been difficult, and some just down right frustrating, but in all the assignments have been very enjoyable. Finding downloadable video clips and the proper conversion software posed the biggest challenge and had me very frustrated at times.

5. I can't say that I learned anything new about myself during this course, but many things were reaffirmed. I knew going into my very first class in this program that my computing skills were nothing extraordinary, but that they weren't horrible. Making my practice video showed me again that while my computing skills are still not great, there isn't much that I can't learn to be at least competent in. My leadership skills are best used not as the voice of the group (though it can be so if necessary), but as the coordinator, the person who keeps track of the little things and keeps the group moving in the right direction.