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 * Course Expectations - Monday Class**

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 * What are your expectations for this course? What do you want and/or need to get out of it? What are you anxious about? What are you excited about? Share your thoughts below by adding additional bullet points. //There is no need to identify your comments with your name.// **


 * Add your thoughts here to this list...**
 * I am looking forward to learning to use a smart board and podcast.
 * I am expecting to feel impatient with the pace of the internet browser connection.
 * I am expecting to get frustrated.
 * I am expecting and excited to learn how to incorporate technology into my lesson plans.
 * I am excited about the idea of using technology to get my students interested in learning.
 * I am excited to learn ways to implement the multitude of ideas that flow through my head but get lost there because I don't know how to begin to execute them.
 * I am very interested in learning about technologies and resources available to me as an educator.
 * I am hoping to find ways technology can make my lesson plans more exiting
 * I am feeling //slightly//ahead of the curve right now, but have a feeling that's going to change in the coming weeks.
 * I am expecting to step outside of my technological comfort-zone. But I am also expecting the risk to be worthwhile because I hope to expand my zone and incorporate new technologies into it.
 * I want to become better at using macs.
 * I am anxious about having so many assignments.
 * I am anxious about writing a research paper for a technology class.
 * I am excited to learn about ways that I can use technology to heighten student engagement.
 * I am expecting to learn about useful technology as well excited to learn how to utilize the technology in the classroom. I am anxious about blogging.
 * I am expecting to learn how to incorporate technology into the classroom without distracting from content and wasting valuable class time.
 * I am a little nervous and excited about this class.
 * I am excited to learn new technology, but slightly concerned about doing that with deadlines.
 * I am anxious about getting in over my head with learning about new technologies.
 * I am anxious about not having much of a technology background.
 * I am excited to learn how to incorporate technology into my classroom in a new and exciting way for students.
 * I am nervous that I will miss information/work because it is so busy to read, and therefore easier to miss what is due on the proper time... or if it was done and saved properly!!!
 * I am expecting to grow in my ability to use and work the computer without having a panic attack - what I'll need is time...at the same time, I am excited to use my new knowledge in the classroom.