So we've reached the summit of 7500. What a long wild ride it has been. It most certainly has has it's ups and downs but for the most part I have had two major breakthroughs that I didn't see coming. The first was setting up and learning how to blog. I've seen people use the blogger website in some other classes and I was never that impressed with the layout that they used, they were just boring! So I never had any kind of inkling to do my own but for this course it was a requirement, and that prompted me to really shop around and find a layout that I liked, and it turned out that my author roommate had a really cool blog that I liked a ton and I copied his format on this blog here and I've been very happy with it.
The second major breakthrough that I had in this course was podcasting. I never figured that I would want to create my own podcasts or have any use for them until I virtually attended last years NECC Ed Tech Conferences. I watched two incredible podcasts on the benefits of podcasting in the classroom and became incredibly inspired. I used the idea for my Individual Integration Project as well as my part of the service project in 6200, and part of my final project in that course as well. I will use this skill basically until my computer breaks.
The course has had other great opportunities and assignments, but to sum it up, the two things that I learned in this course that I will use the rest of my career are blogs and podcasts. Learning and working on those two new ideas for me has been fantastic. It's been a pleasure everyone. Thanks for all the comments and feedback. Good luck with your projects, and your other life endeavors.
