We Made It!!

Reflecting back on this semester I feel I have come a long way. I remember week one like it was yesterday; I was thinking to myself what have I gotten myself into! I must have read the class email at least five times, I could not imagine myself doing any of the assignments, but I did and I feel all the hard work has paid off. I feel the most challenging part was learning all the new technologies that have emerged over the past decade since I graduated from high school. I literally felt like I was learning a new language, and although I have not fully mastered this new language I am well on my way to do so.

My favorite things about this class were creating my own Wiki page and creating a curriculum page around something I am very passionate about, history! I feel this alone gave me the creativity to explore new ways of teaching especially to children who have grown up with the technology and understand it better than we do. I also really enjoyed having my own blog and being able to express myself and connect to others in my class. I would have never thought to have my own blog and without this course I may have never experienced this type of outlet.

I truly enjoyed this course, this was the first course I took towards my masters program and I feel that it has gotten my feet wet as to what lay ahead for the next semesters to come. I loved how this semester was all online and gave me the flexibility to work at my own pace. I feel as a person I have grown in the past few months, I have been through a lot outside of this course. The day I applied to the masters program at UCF my best friend died suddenly in October, and two weeks later my mother had a heart attack. Luckily she has survived it and recovered, but it was a lot for me to handle at this point I had not heard back from UCF if I was accepted to the program or not. The day of Jason’s funeral I got a letter from UCF saying I had been accepted, being the first person in my family to go for a Masters degree. I feel he has been looking out for me because he knew how passionate I was about going to school. So much was weighing on my mind that I am thankful I survived this first semester of school and feel more confident towards the next semester.

I am now looking forward to my wedding in a few days and cannot wait for my vacation to begin.

Thank you to those who read my blogs and gave me positive encouragement with all the assignments we had to do. Good luck with your future classes and have a great summer!

Darleen R