This made my day today...

Sometimes I admit I get down on myself and reexamine all of the many different directions I pull myself in each and every day.  Today I read this blog post from one of my graduate students and it warmed my heart... I know that I can make a difference and it is a great feeling ... thanks so much for acknowledging me and the course I teach in your final blog post D...  I truly appreciate it more than you know!

There has been no class graduate or undergraduate that has influenced by teaching style and environment more than Plymouth State University's, Teaching and Learning In a Network Classroom.  Having coursework that can be used in the classroom immediately has lifted many frustrations and provided hope that tomorrow will be better.  Technology really lends itself well to project based learning which, I think we all appreciate for its deeper and enduring understanding. 

Podcast - Last Class

Here is the link to the podcast of my very last class at Plymouth State University. My teacher was Jeff Utecht and I learned more than I can even write about here! I have made contacts, friends, worked on collaborative projects, learned how to use wiki's, blogs, web 2.0 tools, etc.. You name it, I did it.. all in the short 11 weeks or so we were together. What a great experience. Thank you to Jeff for opening my eyes to a whole new world.

Am I Unoriginal ???

Just a thought for today. I was thinking... and thinking .... and thinking .. of how to put together my capstone project for the final requirement of my M.Ed. at Plymouth State University. I can't stop thinking actually. Everything I think about, I feel like I have seen before, read about on a blog, or experienced it somewhere on the internet already. Am I unoriginal? Am I incapable of producing something original? I am getting nervous.. T-Minus 2 months and counting until it is due, and I have a million things tagged in my diigo folder, duly noted, capstone... but I am not anywhere! Maybe this will help me .. if I put it down on paper.. or computer ... it will help me to realize that I must begin somewhere! Is it bad to use a bunch of other people's things, pull them together (of course with proper credit), and create a compilation of information to share with my fellow educators? The project is - How to incorporate Web2.0 into the Derry School District. Maybe I might think of something on my own during the process! I know there must be something in here (brain don't fail me now)!!