Thing 12: Final Reflection

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I have participated in cool tools for 3 or 4 years and I have gotten so much out of it.

Last year I had some health issues and wasn’t able to complete the program but this year I was determined to complete at least 5 and maybe 10.

This year, I was excited to see that there were many new topics that I was particularly interested in and also many others that as usual have been updated from previous years.

What I like most about the “cool tools” programs is that it gives me a reason to look at a given topic more in depth.  A good example is the digital citizenship cool tool. As I mentioned in that blog, I have wanted to create lessons on that topic for a while and hadn’t had a chance to take the time to research it. Now I have the information to put it together.

The challenge for completing cool tools is always time but I like the combination of printing information and then going back and drilling down to get the additional resources. I prefer reading something on paper rather than online (maybe in the future I will use Digital Paper?)

I love the flexibility of self-driven, online learning at my own pace and at my own time.

I already have some topics I would like to look at next year (ex: New AASL standards which I printed but didn’t have time to take it all in.)

I was able to complete all 10 (including this final reflection) and I have used some things with students already (ex: book creator on the PC) and I am still working on others (digital citizenship) but I continually pull things from different cool tools to use for various processes and projects.

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  1. pollyMay 17, 2018 at 8:58 PM

    Wonderful! Glad your health is better this year. And happy that you were able to get so much out of the workshop. Congrats on finishing!

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