Journal 8

• Were your goals for this class from day one met (check your goals on blog one if need be)? Why or why not? 

• This is was my goal for this class:
• "I hope to learn new software and apps to help with younger students. I also would like to know what some of the requirements of technology that students should know for the 3-5th grade. How do I push for that in my district?"
• I feel that the apps for younger students were something that we did go over, especially with everyone's tech tool presentation. I found it strange that in all my classes, we never really worked with the tech common core standards and dug dip into them. I think it would be nice to have a course that works with the standards and developing curriculum. 
• What is something you wish you could have had more time with?
• I wish this class I could have done more exploring other blog alternatives since I have already used blogger. That would be nice to be shown a couple more!  
• What practices will you hope to bring to your organization or institution or your own practice? 
• I really think something I learned and would like to bring back to my district is google sites. We have not used sites a lot, but I can think of many ways a google site would be helpful in my school. 
• What is something you will be able to do now, or are more comfortable with, that you could not do before and how will it affect your professional practice?

• I think, as much as I hate it, I like the idea of doing screencastify and the video. I can easily get better at it and use it more in my school and teaching. I may work my way up to get comfortable with it!