My Learning for the Week:

I felt the most engaged when discussing new ideas and ways of learning and teaching. I really like to hear what other students have to contribute from their own experiences, and I also like to be able to contribute my ideas and opinions.
I think I only feel distanced by my own intimidation with the whole new methods of teaching and learning that are out there. Most of the students in this class seem to be working as an aide or in some student teacher setting and I have not done that. I used to teach Sunday school, but that was a number of years ago.
I felt most confused when trying to write on the whiteboard. I have to admit that I am very technically challenged in some ways and it takes me a bit to grasp some things. I haven't quite got the hang of the text writing.
I think I was the most surprised, if that's the right word, by the reality of how much children use technology in their everyday lives and how much they rely on us teachers to challenge and grow them in what they know in a learning environment. I am quite aware of how much children use technology, I just had not translated that into the classroom and to what that will mean for me as a teacher.
In this class I am looking forward to not only learning some new skills and applications of technology, but hopefully becoming comfortable with them as well.