Our first EDCI 336 class on September 14, 2020, was an introduction to what we will cover and explore in regards to Technology Innovation in Education. We covered course activities such as our weekly course reflections, our Free Inquiry Project, our educational resource and presentation, FIPPA, and the introduction to our learning pods.

After our class, we were assigned with the task of attempting to create our very own Word Press site and blog! I personally had never set up a site before, nor am I super tech savvy, but I did thoroughly enjoy the freedom to create and design my own online space.  I know that I spent way too much time looking through background and header images, and I am still not content with what I have chosen. I spent majority of my time looking through Unsplash. Unsplash has a fantastic assortment of high quality photos that are free to download and are perfect for backgrounds, headers, and accent images.

A challenge that I experienced while working on my blog was remembering to press the “Update” button after editing a post. After taking some time to write out a reflection, I highly suggest pressing that very important button. I did not, and I found myself having to rewrite the reflection for a second time. Not ideal, but it is all part of the learning process!

I am excited to see how my own, and the rest of my cohort’s blogs will look at the end of this semester. It will be interesting to see how each has grown and developed, with the inclusion of our individual Free Inquiry projects, our post from EDCI306A, and our class reflections.