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In what ways have I grown as a professional as a result of this course?  

I was not aware of the technology standards before taking this course. The SAMR model was new to me and now I find myself placing every activity that uses technology on the ladder and thinking, "Is this the best use of this tech tool?" I'd never heard of Symbaloo before.  I love all the websites I now have collected in one place that I can easily share with others.  I'd never given much thought to the idea of curating resources for my students or teaching my older students how to curate.

How can I use this knowledge to increase my leadership in my corporation?  

I'm already known as the techie music teacher. I am the go-to person for several of my co-workers when they have a technology question.  I know my principal would like for me to do more formal sharing at our teachers' meetings/internal PD sessions.  The information I have gained from this course has given me even more ideas to share with my colleagues.  The SAMR model will be one of the first things I share.  

Mod 8

My digital footprint is very light.  Googling my full name results in almost nothing - a listing of my teaching license on the DOE website is there. Googling my nickname shows that I have a facebook account and a twitter account.  My classroom blog also shows up although I write that under the name of our class mascot, a doll named Kit.  I am very much just a lurker on the web.  I might read what others have posted but rarely post anything myself and if I do it is usually just a "good job" or "congratulations".  I just think it is better to keep my opinions to myself.  I like to think that I have finally learned to what to say and what not to say in real life - the idea that one moment of bad judgement on the web will haunt me forever keeps me from saying anything.  I know this makes my digital footprint very neutral and I like it like that.  There are a couple positives on the web about me if one looks hard enough. My classroom blog is something I'm proud of and a deep enough search will show that I was awarded a 2013 Lilly Grant.