I remember first hearing about lifelong learning from Debbie Childress, my immediate supervisor in our technology department. She was explaining to teachers in the class she was instructing that taking courses were a good reminder of the fact that we are all lifelong learners. She also said taking classes helps us to remember how our children (students) feel when they are learning something new. I remember thinking that it is very easy to be a lifelong learner when you work with technology because technology is changing daily.

I think Habit #1 “Begin with the End in Mind” will be the most challenging for me at this time because I’m not really sure YET how I’m going to incorporate Web 2.0 in my classes for my teachers.  I have so much to learn about Web 2.0, so I really don’t know what’s going to happen at the end.

Habit #3 “View Problems as Challenges” is my easiest habit because I love problems with technology because of the challenge AND reward they bring after the problem has been solved. As I said in my Voice Thread-This is the reason I came to the technology department because I love assisting others in solving technology problems. 

I think the most important habit I will use as I work through this course is Habit #2 “Accept Responsibility for my own learning” and #7 “Teach and Mentor Others”. I have always felt it’s important to accept responsibility for yourself in all walks of life including your learning. Because if I don’t accept responsibility for it, no one else is going to. And the second habit (#7) is important to me because I am a teacher and I want to be able to communicate what I learn to the teachers that I assist with integrating their technology in their classroom every day.