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I have learned a ton over the last several months. I have learned how to use a wiki, a blog, create web albums, use an RSS and much more. I feel that I have just touched the surface of my learning. I have kept a blog on my learning along the way and you can access it on [|my blog]! You can also access my class blog reflections on the class blog: [|LPS Learning 2.0 Blog]! I was able to access and succeed at each week's assignments and now I want to be able to apply my learning to everyday life.

I am truly in a state of moving from automating into informating and it is a difficult transition. I am willing to make the move, however I am not a classroom teacher at the time so I do what I can to be a part of several calssrooms and implement technology in an informative sort of way. As usual, this year seems busier than the last so it is tough going. I will, however, press on to move others into using technology as a means to inform student learning as well as to automate for those teachers who may be at that level.

So taking this class has been my first step in taking the risk to learn WEB 2.O. I am happy that I took the risk. Last year, I was exposed to several learnings during the class, Instructional Technology, that I took from Mike Porter. That was a great scaffold to Web 2.0 for me. It helped me because I had had exposure to several 2.O programs but did not know how to apply them. This class then allowed me the opportunity to apply my learnings at a deeper level. I have taken bits and pieces of my learning and shared them with willing staff members. For example, I have two teachers using audacity for their students to be able to get their thoughts out before they write them. Another teacher will be using video to teach a class how to web cast. My goal setting leadership team will be Skyping with our SMART Goal coach in our next meeting. These applications have been easy so far. I just need to keep moving on so others will join me in my journey, which in turn becomes their journey. A next step for me will be to share the Karl Fisch [|Did You Know 2.0] with several teachers to inspire them. It is a carrot that I hope they bite. In reality, I have only taken a small bite. The use of interactive technology is also overwhelming to me and many others. I know that we have to dive in and do it in order to learn; we need to be risk takers - our students are and they will surpass us if we do not take the leap.

As for the teachers who are not quite there, I have scanned all of our Stand Out Math materials into our shared account and am working with teachers on how to use the Smart Board as well as incorporate Stand Out Math. Several teachers are willing to do this with me. So I know they are willing to automate - I just need to get them to move toward informating.

So as I read this learning jouney, I realize, I have diverged. Clearly, I am on a continuous learning curve. So to get me back on track of the assignment.... I also model the use of technology during each PLC late start as well as when I model in other's classrooms. I have also joined my IC PLC group in creating a wiki where we will store our meeting notes, our documents, and anything else we want to share. It is in actually doing, that I am able to stay on the continuous track of applying all of my new learnings.