My+reflection

Reflection on the course - I believe that this couse is truly necessary for school administrators. I have worked for many administrators and several of them have no idea about technology and how to use it to their benefit. My principal loved the survey and asked me to teach her how to do a survey. What I have learned that will prepare me for the standards test is how complex the process of leadership is. It is all about choices, prepartion and knowledge, collabration and facilitating, trust and building relationships. This is empowerment for me. I am looking forward to the rest of the coursework in this program

Reflection on the online nature of the course - I loved it. With my teaching responsibilities, it freed me up to work on the course when the time suited me. The virtual meetings allowed collaboration, but mostly I liked working individually. I took several courses a few years back at VT in education. It was tough going for this older gal with children and a real teaching job to spend so much of my outside class time meeting in cooperative learning groups. These groups consisted of young folk just starting out. In some of my cooperative learning groups, I was the only actual working/parent teacher. During those classes, I longed for the days when I could master my own work and work at my own pace and set my own hours. But I do understand the aspect of cooperative learning and how it teachs neophites to be better co-workers. Yes, it is these youngsters who will be the future stakeholders and collaborators that I will hopefully administer over. Still, this class as an online course was a perfect fit since the couse is about technology. I am interested in being a part of the complete pilot online program now, and will inquire about it.

Thanks Dr. M for everything. Debra Perry