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After completing the first Five-Star course last year, I was excited to hear that those of us who took the class would be invited to take this course. The was the first course I took that was entirely online. The thing that I am most excited about with this class is having the opportunity to connect with educators throughout the state and learn ways they are integrating technology into their classrooms, especially if they are not a 1:1 environment.

With all the knowledge that is being brought to this class, I am not sure what I can bring to this class that others will already be bringing to the table. The only thing that I can bring will be my experience.  I have been in education for 16 years and have taken many roles over those years.  My first 9 years consisted of working various levels as a classroom teacher.  The last 6 I have been in the role of Technology Director. My role in that position has changed A LOT over the past 4 years.  I started out doing more project planning and professional development and now I have added more hats from software installing and hardware repair to Corporation Test Coordinator and High Ability Coordinator.  I have now seen a wide variety of dealing with technology.

With all these great minds coming together to participate in this Technology Integration class, I know that I am going to have to take time reflecting on what everyone has to share and listen to their ideas, beliefs, and opinions.  More time needs to be spent learning what others have done.  Many who are taking this course have the luxury of every student having a device. Unfortunately not all of our students have this access(although some of my teachers do and they do have access to computer labs), so hopefully I will get the opportunity to learn from both sides.  I want to be able to take what I learn from this course and work with my teachers so they can grow too (I know that sounds cheesy).