Day 6: The End

Time flies when you're having fun? Six weeks sure flew by and this course is already complete.  I have LOVED every minute of learning how to use the iPad.  If this course brought me nothing else, that would be enough.  Luckily I also enjoyed the Dollar Store low-tech challenge and getting to create something with only a few dollars from one of my favourite places.  I don't think I'll look at items in the Dollar Store the same way again!  I also enjoyed learning about more in-depth technologies and watching videos that definitely made me re-evaluate my bad days - seeing people reaching goals when they have so many more challenges than I face.  Inspiring would be a good word.  I like the saying from day one that the future is NOW.  It is so true! We've always looked at the future as later but if you look back in books and magazines and old movies and t.v. shows, we are living the future.  The technology we have today is mind-blowing! Now all we need to do as educators is share this knowledge with others.  We must keep ourselves up-to-date, teach our students and finally teach other teachers so that it can be used across the academic career and in all areas of life and not just in the Learning Centre or Resource room.  I have taken a new found confidence in my Assistive Technology skills and a fire has started burning inside me from this class.  I intend to keep learning about and keep USING assistive technology to support the needs of my students.