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"Reflections, Hopes and Experiences of a Teacher Tuesday, August 20, 2013 My A-Z Top favorite tech tools"

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I've been using symbaloo and in particular edu.symbaloo.com to share a many types of web based toolsand resources with my students. Truly a great and useful tool.

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See also #prgessentials glog http://dumacornellucian.edu.glogster.com/prgessentials/  ; and presentation http://slide.ly/view/cedc01bae8087587172744b5913217cd 

What I am going to share here will probably be the most personal thing I have ever shared on my blog. Only 3 other people know of this and some who are skeptics will dismiss me right away. But - I promise if you stick with me to the very end, it will make sense AND it will be woven into Tech. A long time ago, a pastor I trusted was into meditation and he was leading several people through them. Being the skeptic (yes, even though my faith is strong, I still have doubts at times) I decided to give it a try. What I am sharing next was what I saw. I was sitting on a fountain and there was a gentle man sitting next to me and we began to talk about what I was afraid of. He asked me if I was ready to conquer some of my fears and I said "Yes". He advised me to look up - and there floating above me were planks with words on them….words with the fears that I indeed was dealing with. And the closest one said "Dogs". I was able to easily reach up and grab it. As I gave the gentle man the plank, I said "But I am not really afraid of dogs" and his response was "sometimes you have to go for the easy before you can go for the hard." He then asked me if I wanted to fly and I said yes and suddenly we were flying through the sky…….yet, I continually looked toward the fountain, toward the ground, toward the certain. He finally asked if I wanted to return and we returned to the fountain. He laid his head in his hands and began to cry. When I asked him why, his response was "Jennifer, I want you to fly, yet you always wish to return to where it is safe." What I am sharing with you is true - and I still deal with my fears and my wanting to be safe - but today - I want to take those 2 stories and weave them, if I may, into what our teachers are dealing with in regards to being open to tech. In the last few weeks, I have had several conversations with tech coordinators, integratrators, evangelists, ambassadors - whatever you want to call

Very interesting reading. I feel that many of you are with wings and flying high, even if sometimes we question things and just want to go back to the ground. This is totally natural, questioning, trying, feeling on the verge of giving up, giving another chance, trying a different approach...

Well, I think it´s important to set goals in the beginning of the semester. And follow the elements of a good classroom, discussed on the first day, every class until the students get into your class routine. It makes them feel safe and the teacher also provide the students a moment, at the end of each class, to reflect about their learning and behavior during the class working with positive aspects and showing them that there is always a way to improve.