Thing 12: Final Reflections & What's Next?
It's very difficult to believe that another school year is close to ending - it seems like the year just began yet at times it has seemed to drag on forever. Last year at this time I was very worried about moving to a new school with only a few teachers that I had worked with as well as a lot of worry about working with the primary grades since I had only worked with intermediate level students. Although there were a lot of nerves in the beginning this has turned out to be a fantastic year if a bit crazy at times. Last year I really tried to focus on modules that would help me work with the younger kids in addition to gaining new ideas for the older kids. My take away from last year was working on teaching digital citizenship and digital footprints in the fall with all classes. I also learned about "kid friendly" search engines rather than having the kids search Google. I had shared that with my former building and will be adding to the list with my...