Looking back at the goals I had when I first began my masters at Michigan State Univiersity, I realize how much I have learned in the past year and a half.  I had the advantage of taking the first three classes as a life long learner before deciding to embark on the entire program.  It was an instantenous match and that summer cohort had me hooked on how I could become a better teacher.  

 

At that point in my life I had a lot of changes happening, so it only seemed natural to try and figure out how to become a better teacher.  At that point I had moved back from teaching in the Dominican Republic and was just finished with my first year as an Americorps Volunteer.  I longed to teach math again and was eager to begin incorporating technology into my lessons.  

 

I always thought that I would stay as a math teacher, but when the opportunity for a technology teacher rose that same summer I knew I had to jump on it.  It was a challenging situation, as I soon learned my new found passion to bring TPACK into my lessons was more of a challenge than it looked like on paper.  I had so many ideas and struggled to put them into action.  Fortunately, I was placed in a district that was willing to help me grow and was eager to see what I had learned.   They were patient and encouraging as I tried new things and learned as the year went on.