So I’ve been humming and hawing over this last post. I have read what others have written and they have pretty much summed up the class and what I got from it and how I feel about it.  So I will do my best to sound unique in my final words.   Technology…do I feel different about it after this class?  I would like to believe that I”m going to go exploring more in the realm of computers. I feel that I can maybe take a step outside of my comfort zone and explore the different avenues of the internet, and other ‘new’ technologies.  At the same time I still feel that I am no further than I was before, maybe because I actually need time to just sit and play around with things.  What I think really resonated with me in this course is that children can teach us and we should let go of some of our control.  I think it might have taken this course to actually let me realize this understanding.  It happens because I actually know i dont’ know much about technology and the kids do. I don’t know if I woudl have been as willing to let go of my knowledge of things I do feel I know and let a child teach me more.  Its this need to teach what you know, but if you dont’ know then you are more willing to learn.  I need to let this go, and realize I actually don’t know a lot about things and everything can be looked at in different ways, espcially in the eyes of the child. 
There is a huge huge world of technology out there that I have yet to discover. I think i’m a bit more willing to do so now, but not quite yet willing to let go of a hand or two while I do this.  I still hold onto my belief that children should be outside, playing and enjoying the realities of the world ‘out there’ but there is a part of me that understands that ‘this’ is reality too. That kids will be learning and growing with computers but that doesn’t mean they will stop running and playing around.

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