RE:Brenda Cole's final

Listening to Brenda's final tour gave me a lot of insight about what she learned in CEP 416 this year. One thing that stuck out to me in her reflection was the practical usefulness she saw for her website portfolio going into the future. She talked about how she is putting some of her lessons from her others classes up on her website as well and is clearly going to use it to her advantage as she works during her internship on improving her desirability in the eyes of employers, both to provide an organized place to put all of her accomplishments and also to show off her ability to use technology effectively. Another thing I got from Brenda's final is that she wants to use technology to enhance student creativity, not simply to make lessons more engaging. I noticed this when she talked about one of her integrated technology lessons in which she found a website for students to use when writing poetry that helps them be more creative. Finally, I noticed that one of the major things she got from this class was how technology can be used for collaboration, whether through blogs that allow readers to contribute their ideas or through the ease of using Google Docs to make edits on group work.