Semester Goals
This semester we set personal technology goals to help further integrate technology into our lives, or to “practice what we preach” inside of the classroom as well as outside of the classroom. The goals I set at the beginning of the semester were to further develop my LinkedIn profile, track my fitness data via MyFitnessPal, and look for an app that can help me be more organized or productive. My LinkedIn profile did not grow as I originally intended. I did add a few new connections but found that many of the teachers I work with do not have LinkedIn accounts, obviously making it difficult to virtually connect with them. Though this was a goal of mine, I did get to do a lot of in-person networking with teachers and other staff this semester. In this situation, the use of LinkedIn would only be a substitution on the SAMR model of technology integration when it comes to networking within districts and buildings where I already have relationships. I will continue to try to expand my Lin...