Outcome Relevancy to Work that I Do

The outcomes that I received from EDLD 5306 are relevant to myself and my students. I have learned to access many tools, such as RSS feeds, web 2.0 tools, blogs, and wikis. I am becoming much more proficient at the tools that I was already familiar with. I am also learning where to look, and who to ask, to find more available technology. My goal is to help my students become much less dependent on teacher-directed learning, and learn to think more critically for themselves. I do not want them to always follow someone else. I want them too learn to solve problems, and know if an answer is appropriate to their situation, not just assume what someone else has told them is correct. I feel that the problem-based learning scenarios, web quests, and other such approaches to education will help them to move towards those goals. I feel that what I have learned in this class is relevant in making this goal for my students, and myself, happen.