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Educators being able to design and implement online learning is a benefit in time and resources. The teacher and the students can access the course/activities when it is best for their time schedule. It can have a real-time feedback through assessments online if it is setup in that manner. I am excited to use my developed online course in my classroom. I am going to use it this week to see if anything needs to be tweaked. It is a great tool for teaching and assessing my students on a math concept that is new to them in fourth grade.

As a future educational technology coordinator, I want to develop some online trainings and classes for the teachers to be able to learn new technology applications to implement into their classroom instruction. I want these trainings to foster learning at their pace and allow them to advance when they are comfortable. It will be foreign for our staff to begin learning through an online forum, but I feel it would be a benefit once they got over the shock of having to learn something in a new way.

I am still unclear of how an online class can really benefit students in elementary school. I can clearly see the positive outcomes a student in high school or even middle school can have. It is difficult for me to picture my students doing a class online. I also would like to know how to develop a more interactive type of online class in the forms of manipulatives.

I feel that we are on the verge of dying with technology on my campus due to lack of funds, training, and interest in changing. I know it is going to take a valiant effort and years to change our status at this time. I want to be the motivator, encourager, trainer, and mentor. If we change one thing at a time, it can be done well.