Reflection on Course

Overall I feel I am taking away a lot of new information and resources upon completing this course.  As an art teacher, I have had limited interaction with the ELA teachers in my school other than in a social context and had a limited view of what was being taught in their classrooms.  I feel as though I have a better understanding of the new direction for ELA education as it relates to new literacy development, common core, and technology integration.  Quite often I shared these new resources with my colleagues and the feedback was consistently favorable.  I found the co-teaching experience with the ELA teacher to be a wonderful asset as it allowed me to step outside of my content areas and be able to collaborate with my colleagues.  I found myself adverse to the blogging experience at first, but have understood the benefits, especially as the course comes to a close.  I appreciate the ability to use this forum for class discussions and receiving feedback.  I ultimately feel that the ongoing accessibility to the blogs will be beneficial.  At times, I often came across other students’ blogs from previous semesters as I was researching particular topics and feel that I will definitely refer back to my work and provide it as a resource for others.  As a whole the course content as outlined on the syllabus was relevant and engaging.  I have been exposed to many sites and programs that I am already integrating in my art curriculum this year and plan to further develop next year.  More importantly, I feel as though I have become excited about sharing these new resources with my students as I can more clearly see the benefits having already experienced them first hand.