EDUC-6712I Reflection

The most striking revelation about teaching the new literacy skills to my students as a result of this course was that not only was I teaching them new ways to learn in the 21st century, but I was also learning new skills that I have never thought of before. The knowledge that I learned from this course will stay with me while I teach. The skills that were presented throughout the course are skills that can be used in every day life not only to use and help my students, but to also share with my colleagues. The 21st century fluency's are something that I want to understand and have so that my students can have and understand them. As I began to become more familiar with the skills, I really started to use them and thought about how they really do matter. The skills are just simple everyday things that you may not think of in everyday life, but when you break it down and really think about what they are and how they effect your life and your teaching, it is amazing! The media skills were important for this class. As I read through them I realized that I know some of the skills and use them, but there were skills that I do not use and began to use them in my own life and classroom. The one professional development goal that I would like to pursue to build upon my learning in this course and develop my own information literacy or technology skills would be to become more familiar with the personal skills. I want to better myself with these skills so that I can share them with my students and instill them in them so that they will be able to be great lifelong learners. The steps that I will take to accomplish this will be to instill the personal skills into my everyday routine at school and begin to teach them to my students. I really enjoyed this class and really want to take the 21st century fluency skills with me so that I am able to instill them into my students to be the best learners they can be.