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__**EDLD 5365 Web Design & Development Course Reflection**__ //Self-Assessment// The Pre-Course and Post-Course evaluations gave me an idea of what to expect and how much I learned from the course. I found Week 5's launch plan to be the most challenging. Having to interpret and create a new Technology Policy Guideline required thinking as a student, teacher, administrator, and technology director.

//Learn as a Learner// Web literacy is a key 21st-century skill, and teaching students to be savvy consumers of online information is definitely a mandate for schools today (Careless 2007).

//Lifelong Learning Skills// The job of the educator is to prepare the student for lifelong learning and give a foundation to answer questions, solve problems, or at least know how to find the solution. One of the things we are looking is using more open source items. Guhlin (2007) says that a switch to free open source software also minimizes cost and allows funding to be diverted to equipment and other programs. Failure to provide adequate technological resources for all translates into failue to provide quality education, creating an even greater divide between affluent and poor school districts (Mason and Dodds 2005).

//References// Careless, J. (2007). The Filtering Challenge. //Technology & Learning. April.// Guhlin, M. (2007). The Case of Open Source. //Technology & Learning. February.// Mason, C. & Dodds, R. (2005). Bridge the Digital Divide for Educational Equity. //The Education Digest. 70;9.// 25-27. //Course Embedded Assignments//