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Hello there! This is our last week of school and I wanted to reflect on this terms Educational Technologies class. First of all, I want to thank my lecturer for all her efforts and her wisdom. I learned so many things about teaching and using technology for pedagogy. If I were to create a KWL chart (😊), I would say I knew nothing, basically. There were a few things I was curious about, like how to blog, how to create word clouds, how to edit a video... I learned all of the above and many more; I learned many pedagogical websites that me and my students will use for sure, I learned how I can contribute to my student's digital life, as well as their physical life, I learned how my work at school shouldn't have to be limited to school grounds, I learned how to be a different teacher…
I think the most important part of this lesson was how our teacher guided us through the process, as a 21st century teacher, instead of giving us the concrete information. We learned what we needed to through her guidance, but ourselves. For example, editing a video wasn't really a part of my homework, but I needed to use it. So, since I was already curious about it, I learned it, and I want to keep on learning.
I don't think there were any part of the class that was unnecessary or boring, I just think that this class needs to have more hours. 2 hours a week wasn't sufficient enough for all the subjects we needed to cover.

To sum up, I think Educational Technologies class was a very important part of our education. I hope to see my lecturer again and I would like to take a class like this again. Thank you for bearing with me, have a great vacation!

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