As I stare at this blank space, I am trying to find the right words to explain my learning odyssey. I am afraid that the words which I choose today will not do justice to my experience. The only others who will understand are those that have been through the same experience.

Looking back over the past year I can truly say that I have grown in both knowledge and skill. I am excited about the new ideas and experiences that I can now offer to my students. The resources and possibilities are endless. I hope that I can keep up! But most of all, I realized what it was like to be a student again. All the questions, all the homework, and the grades. I know I was not the best student, some of my work was incomplete and few times late. I hope that I can always remember what it is like to be on the other side of the gradebook.

I could not have imagined what online learning was like. Working with the people in my channel was a great experience. I never would have had the same opportunity in a classroom setting. I would like to thank all my fellow TATC'ers for their help and advice. I loved opening First Class (FC) everyday and seeing that I had mail.

Standard I: I teach terms, concepts, input strategies, and ethical practices in my classes. But I think I fall short, in that I teach them and move on to the next item. After TATC, I plan on using these through out the year. I think that this will emphasize the importance of these ideas to the students. I think this is the best way for students to own their knowledge.

Standard II: Identifying task requirements and applying search strategies, I hope that I communicate clearly what I expect from my students. I plan on being much more aware of what tasks are needed to complete a project. I also plan to use assignments that requires the students to search for material. I think that sifting through information is a great learning experience. However, I think that this must be limited at first so that the students will not feel overwhelmed by the process and the amount of information.

Standard III: Throughout the year we have had group assignments. I have had great experiences with these assignments. I my classroom I have not used group assignments. I hope to change this. This means that I need to be more clear on job descriptions, goals, and deadlines. I also think that the group should be given a rubric so that know what is expected of them.

Standard IV: Communicate information in different formats and for diverse audiences. I think that this would be a good experience of students. One way that I thought of incorporating this into the classroom is to allow them to role play. I think that this would be a good way to make them aware of other people.

Standard V: To plan, organize, deliver, and evaluate instruction for all students using current technology. I have a lot of room for improvement in this area. I would like to set up a class web site for my students and their parents. I am not sure if this will be possible but I hope to allow the students to work on this site. I have learned some new planning tools that were extremely helpful. I hope to incorporate them in to my planning and to plan better than I have in the past.

Foundations 100: I really did not know what I was in for. At first I thought that Foundations was really going to be just a bunch of busy work. I thought I was in more of a graphic arts class. As we progressed through the TA subjects, I realized that the ideas and principles that we learned in Foundations applied to all of the subjects. I found myself referring back to the readings and lessons from this unit. As I prepared my artifacts I enjoyed looking back at my work to see my progress.

Web Authoring 102: Before this class, I never had created and published a web page I think that I really grew in this area. I was very apprehensive about web authoring. By the time this class was over I was confident that I could create a Web Site. It was great to have this as the second course because I used what I learned in this class in all the other TA subjects.

Digital Graphics 101: This class was my first experience with animation, outside of Vision IT. I really learned a lot about images and file sizes, but again I have a lot more to learn. I never had given file size much thought before, now I know that this is important to others who are viewing your file. I really enjoyed and learned a lot about color and how color is used to communicate ideas.

Desktop Publishing 104: I think this subject is often overlooked. I guess because we are surrounded by it so much that we often do not stop and think about its impact on our lives. The book, The Non-Designer's Design Book, for this course was wonderful, especially the fact that it was short and easy to read. I teach a few weeks of Desktop Publishing (DTP) to my students each year without giving it much thought. But after this course I'll have to rethink how I teach this topic. I learned that just subtle things such as alignment, whitespace, and proximity can have a major influence on the entire product.

Multimedia 103: This course was very new to me. My only experience with multimedia before TATC was working with PowerPoint. A majority of that experience was mainly self taught and personal experience. Again, we worked with file sizes and bitmap vs. vector. The analogy that I think of when talking about BMP vs. Vector is Chunky Peanut Butter vs. Smooth Peanut Butter. (I like peanut butter.) Anyway, this was the first time I edited sound files. I was frustrated trying to find sound files but working with SoundPro software was easier than I first imagined. I have only scratched the surface in this area I have a lot more to learn when it comes to Multimedia.

Video Technology 105: I learned so many basics in this course. First of all, I learned more about my own video camera than I did from the instruction booklet that came with the camera. I never gave much thought to recording video other than taking enough to please the grandparents. I learned that there is much more thought and planning that should be done before the record button is ever pushed. I also learned that in order to have a good quality video, you must edit the video. I think we are not use to been that critical of our personal family movies. I think that we usually do not pay that much attention to lighting and camera angles. I guess that is why my video recordings seem flat and not very active. After this class, I am more aware of television shows and movies. I have noticed that I have paid more attention to what is in view and what is not than I did before. Again, I have much more to learn on this subject.