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Looking Back on LIS 724

As this integrating technology course is wrapping up I want to think back to my first blog post. I discussed the positive and negative feelings I have toward technology and I still feel that way! While technology is such an important part of my work life, I don't know if the same can be said about my personal life! Social media is something that I struggle with and I have gotten better. I think that my original GIF is still very much the same now as it was 8 weeks ago!

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Educational Technology

        I do think that there are a few educational technology tools that I did learn about or use during this course that I could see myself using in my future library classroom and even professionally on my own. I quite enjoyed writing this blog for example and would love to continue doing so. I also did enjoy creating a portfolio website for this class, so I will be mindful to have any potential professional blog be with a site that will easily integrate with the website program I use for my future ePortfolio. I love the idea of having a little "database of me" available for any future employers or to show how much I have grown or changed throughout my career.

        Something that I think stood out to me the most was analyzing how and why I use technology with the digital space map. I think that this could be a great exercise to do with older grades, 6th-12th, to have them analyze how they are using technology and if it is really worth their time. I also want to make sure that I am providing my students plenty of opportunities to actively learn with technology.

        While I do feel very comfortable with my use of technology in education, I feel the least confident (and the most worried) about AI. As a future school librarian digital citizenship and navigation is a huge part of the job and I whole-heartedly believe that this will extend to AI. I will be teaching AI literacy, AI citizenship and AI responsibility. 

Final Thoughts

        I have learned so much throughout all these different thought exercises and projects. I appreciate that I am coming out of this class with different tools and content that I can continue using in my future career. I love that I have organized curated lists of different resources and inspiration for things like Readers' Advisory, Book Displays, New School Librarian ideas, and how to create A Love of Reading in my future library classroom and school. I definitely see myself keeping a professional website, keeping up with my PLN that I have started establishing and even keeping a professional blog. 

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