Satisfied

I do have to say that being in the STEP program was very satisfying! I have learned a lot of technology that I didn't expect to learn when I started this school year. It is also technology that I can use not just at school! Not only can I use the Elmo in my classroom with the students, but I can also use it to blow up pictures and to make home-made posters! Using Photostory I can put my pictures into a slideshow as a memory keepsake! I love free websites, and I also gained a lot of knowledge about websites I can use that cost me nothing! That's great, especially in this economy.

Even though I did feel satsified with the STEP program, I also felt it was a lot of work. As I have said before, the projects themselves weren't the problem...it was the Wikkispace that was soo sensitive to everything we did on it. With teaching Kindergarten, I feel I have advantages over the other STEP members, because my projects (as a whole) were more simple than theirs! If I were teaching an older grade, I do not know if I would be so happy with the outcome of this program, because I would feel like it was a lot of work for the stuff we learned how to use!

Overall, I'm very happy with the STEP program and what I learned from it this year! Can't wait to see what this Gallery Walk is all about.