Reflections on Technlogy and Professional development

I have learnt that in order to improve my professional status I must be and do the following:

• Be committed to the course by creating prime time to work on my asssignments.Jane Harts recommendation of Hands on  is very true.Its a practical skill which can only be learned through practice and application.

• Share more and collaborate with the other group members for they have made the course more intresting. Since we seem to be at different levels of competencies we have been able to help each other.Our group leader Margaret has been of great help for the Kitante subgroup.

The result of this is that I have gained more incentive to explore using ICT. My intrest has been more awakened and Iam eager to learn more and more. However am still sure we shall continue to experience some contraints we discussed in the factors influencing progress with technology. However, where there is a will there is always a way!.

My proffessional Goal is to become more skilled in the use of ICT for better Intergration and effectiveness in my teaching. As a Geography teacher it will make my lessons richer in that I will have a wider range of resources and tools to make learning more interesting and informative.  It will also be possible to enrich the learners groups to gain more information when I know how to guide them and whereto access it from the internet.

Finally,since technology seems to be advancing at very fast speed, as teachers we need to blaze the trail ahead of our inquisitive learners lest they by pass us and we be rendered dyfunctional and outdated. Imagine a scenario where the learners seem to be better than their instructors !!!!  Cheerio.