Reflections About Myself and Class

When I first was approached by a past Cohort student (a friend of mine since grade school) about taking this class I was skeptical.  Technology was certainly not a strong point of mine.  I graduated in 1993 with my teaching degree when computers were just emerging into the classes. Only a handful of students had a computer in the dorm room and the majority of students used them (in the school computer lab) only to write up papers. I never really gave computers a chance other than sending off e-mails to parents, writing a paper on the computer or checking out my social media accounts (or my kids to monitor them). Besides, I had 5 jobs and 2 teens, so when was I ever going to find the time to go to class each month or to complete the classwork required of me?
 However, I thought about all I would be missing without this class.  The chance to connect with my students and show them that I, too, could be "hip" and get on the technology bandwagon.  I am the Learning Center specialist at 2 temples, so how could I say that I was helping every student that I saw when I  didn't have all of the resources needed to help them feel successful? The chance to connect students, parents and teachers together under one source was also appealing to me. 
So, here I am.  After asking myself one important question, "Why would I not?" Boy, am I glad that I stopped making excuses and decided to overcome my fear of technology.  I may not be one of the youngest teachers, but the analogy "you can't teach an old dog new tricks," is wrong.  I have learned a lot from this class.  I am so pumped to show my fellow colleagues, educational directors, parents and ALL of the students new ways to utilize learning and the web. I have learned to try new things and not be afraid to ask for help.  The support that I got in this class was phenomenal and readily available to anyone who took advantage of the help offered.  I look forward to teaching next year and showing off my new tech savvy self!