PLP for 812

As far as my goals from 810, I’m still active with Scratch and I just finished developing my Scratch Advanced Game camp for the summer.  I’m using a combination  of the 11 year old laptops I have at my disposal and students can bring their own laptop.  I conducted an all day PD workshop over the Flint Sitdown Strike that contained a QR Code Scavenger hunt a couple of months ago and in my original personal growth plan I mentioned that I wanted to develop a moodle course for our programs, but that has been replaced by my Wicked Project.    

I’m taking away quite a bit from my experience here.  I have never worked with groups online before and that was fantastic experience.  I learned about so many different pieces of software and how to use them as components in a larger project.  Finally, I learned about the value of developing and contributing to PLNs especially on twitter. 

As part of future growth, I planning to stop lurking and become a better contributor to PLNs other networks.  I’m also planning to do a better online job documenting what I create using my Weebly site.  


I love teaching and educational technology, and the MAET courses are fantastic, but I can’t continue with this path.  Sadly, I’ve decided to move away from education and look for opportunities elsewhere.  In addition to the recent policy trends at the state and national levels that make teaching unattractive there seems to be a lack of any viable path forward.   So, hopefully, I’ll be able to leverage what I’ve learned here for my job search and then integrate these skills with a career.