The End of My Journey

 Hello all! I cannot believe that we have come to an end. This is my final blog post and it has been a wild ride. It is interesting to see where my journey has taken me. At the beginning, I had one idea and then as I continued to work on my Genius Hour project, things took a turn. My initial idea of making a website and then that idea failing is definitely the epitome of living in Beta. For me, I needed feedback and I needed to fail in order for me to better understand what I was working towards. These moments that I have had with technology this semester have pushed me to be flexible and experiment in different ways. 

One important concept that I have learned is that I may not know the answer to everything but this should not stop me from trying it out. I always want to succeed, however in order to do this I need to fail. I remember starting my placement and feeling defeated when a lesson did not work out. However, this is all part of the learning experience. The feedback I gain from these experiences allow me to better myself and try again the next day. Each day I have to have an open mind and go with the flow. My students as well as myself are all trying to get from point A to point B and we are all going to get there in different ways. We are all learning from each other and responding to authentic challenges. As a teacher, I need to acknowledge that we all need to help each other out in order to be successful and this includes responding to authentic challenges and giving feedback to one another.

Hopefully, you all enjoyed coming on this journey with me. Placement is starting and I now have to become comfortable with failing once again!! But at the end, we all succeed with beneficial learning experiences and new knowledge. Good luck to all & farewell. 

Ariana