EDLD 5366 Reflection

Reflection for EDLD 5366 By Brandi Murrey The knowledge that I feel I gained from this collaborative group assignment will assist me in working with other groups in the future. In this class my group had to change some and I was concerned about that since my other group had worked together very well. Even though I was reluctant we were very successful in completing our task. In the past, I felt that I needed to keep the ball rolling to make sure the assignment was completed. I would take on additional pieces of the assignment, more than some other members, to ensure completion of the assignment. During this assignment, I relaxed and pick the element that I wanted to focus on. I did offer up help if needed. The other group members took the elements that they wanted to focus on, and my stress level was lessened for this assignment. I was able to focus on the tasks at hand for myself and let other members complete their roles without me stressing over them. I offered my services to anyone that needed me to step in and assist them with their design element, little did I know that this group was very efficient in their design. I also found that I was not the only one that had additional knowledge within this group. In other collaborative groups, I have felt that I needed to support the entire group with the use of technology. Within this group, I felt that we all had the basic knowledge of technology to be successful with our task at hand. We found ourselves relying on one another when struggling with a task. We would ask each other questions about areas they may have been stronger in, which in turn made us a successful group. The work we completed was most definitely a group effort. There was great collaboration between the whole group. I will use the information that I gained from this group project to engage others in the collaborative groups that I work with, to discover new information that they have acquired, and use this information to increase my knowledge base. I will use websites in my classroom to assist me as I teach my students. I will be attempting to incorporate My Big Campus in to my classroom this year. I have observed this concept in my husband’s fourth grade classroom and would like to take and adapt it for my first graders. I want my students to have the same experiences no matter the grade level. I will use different websites for my students to access information as we explore Science and Social Studies through technology. I have discussed the use of websites with my peers at my campus. I have shared my ideas for the use of websites as a teaching tool, as well as how I plan on changing the way information is given and received in my classroom this year. I will also be sharing different technology tools that I use in my classroom at faculty meetings this school year to assist other educators in embracing teaching in a digital world.