From AoIT

This school year feels like it’s going too fast for my taste. I agreed to teach within the Academy of Information Technology and help to develop the program in the years to come. With my knowledge of video production and interest in all things technology, I thought I could manage teaching the Media Production class this Fall.
I have been given a very bright group of students. They are bright-eyed, savvy, and curious. Midway through the school year, I feel like I’m bumbling my way, making mistakes, feeling unprepared, and always thinking how I could improve my teaching.
The most challenging aspect is that I am finding myself at my limits in my own experience and expertise with the software. I hope to improve over time, but I need to learn and have time to expand my repertoire much faster. The students learn so much quicker, and I welcome them teaching me. I only wish I had the time to take my own knowledge of what can be done with the tools and come up with more meaningful projects that would fulfill the original vision of AoIT – using technology to make the world better in some way, empower young people to communicate something meaningful, and foster innovation and creativity. I think we will get there, but right now it feels like taking two steps back for every step we go forward.