CEDO599 Final Post

Well it has been a long journey but a fun one. I have learned a lot of new technologies and techniques that I look forward to continuining to implement in my classroom. I am very happy how my final project turned out and I look forward to the rewards and challenges I will face with implementation.

I just don't know what to do without my Tuesday meetings anymore!!!

CEDO 599 Week Two

My project is going along quite well as I continue to build and compile lectures and activities for students. I have set a variety of different areas on the websites, like a folder system, for students to access the information. The one thing that I am struggling with now is the limitations that I have been presented. I continue to find and think would be really cool for the students, but I am very limited in what I am able to do. In the end, I hope that I will have the ability to get everything my students need.

I am going to continue working on setting up my message board and response question area because this is the important area that I will be able to monitor what the students have learned and where to progress with new lessons and ideas. I am very confindent that I am on the verge of mostly wrapping this up for implementation in the fall.

CEDO 599 Week One

Overt the past few days, I've sat down and really tried hammering out my goal and final course project for this program. My goal is as stands

1. To research and implement Microsoft Sharepoint for all Introduction to Engineering Students.
2. To train students how to use Microsoft Sharepoint as the main online delivery model for course materials, documents, and presentations.

Over the past few days, I have went through a lot of frustration of working with Microsoft Sharepoint, because the program is more catered to a business environment. Educators need to alter their means of delivery to make the program work efficiently. Additionally, there has been a variety of restrictions placed on the program by our district coordinators that doesn't allow me to push the envelope and provide the students the education they deserve. Fortunately by working with them and offering suggestions, I have created a course environment that I believe will be fitting for all of my Introduction to Engineering students. Over the next few days/weeks, I will continue to look at the variety of options that the program offers and find better ways to improve my educational model for delivery.

CEDO 565 Week Six

Leadership is a position that I believe will always be an evolving field. With new technologies, ideologies, and challenges that leaders are presented with, new leaders will rise up to the occasion and show their talents. I believe that this course has help reassure me that a leader is a driven individual that can make the difficult choices that will positively affect their group or organization. While this decisions will most definetly be difficult and challenged, a leader has a true vision on what the task will complete at the end.

Teacher leadership is in a realm of its own. By being a good teacher leader, one must possess the traits of balancing an effective, highly engaging classroom with the offset of being vocal and particpating in school run activities. It is important for teachers to speak up and let their voices be heard on any issue that affects the school climate.

I don't believe my position on leadership has really changed, just reassured. I am confindent and well aware of the struggles that myself and other peer teachers will continue to face when fighting for leadership. It is important to take hard action towards your goals as a leader and associated yourself with the right people that will help you complete your goals. By improving education within, educators will continue to provide programs and activities for students that will better prepare them for the future and provide a welcoming environment for all individuals entering.