Thing 30: Final Reflection

1: What did you learn?

• How did you put what you learned into action at school? Personally?

I used most of the things I learned with my Freshmen ELA class, having them make comics for The Tell Tale Heart as well as custom search engines for their mental health research project. 

• Did you expand your Personal Learning Network? Make new professional connections?

It was great having other educators in the groups and I also shared my tips and findings with my East colleagues. 

• What challenges did you face during the workshop?
• Any big “fails”? Any huge successes? What did you learn from failing and succeeding?

I don't recall any big challenges I faced in the workshop as I fixed the custom search engine error. Big successes were the digital storytelling tools as the kids loved making their own storyboards and it was super easy. 

• Were there projects that didn’t work out well for you?

Not that I can say! 

2: What’s next?

• Did you start some projects that you’ll be following up on in the future?

Definitely the digital storytelling as I think it would be helpful for our next unit which is Romeo and Juliet. 

• Are you planning to share what you’ve learned with others?

Yes I've started sharing with my department and my other friends at East. 

• What other professional development projects will you be pursuing?

In the spring hopefully myself and the technology committee at East will be running a tech "bootcamp" with each of us running different sessions on different topics.

3: Did you like learning this way?

• I loved learning this way. I was able to work at my own pace and discover things for myself. I felt very comfortable reaching out for help and I would definitely recommend this PD to everyone! Great job and thank you so much for putting this together!