EMDT…my advice to future students… you get out of it what you put into it!
Connections are really important to me and that would be my first piece of advice. CONNECT early on with classmates! Allow yourself to be who you are, and appreciate others for who they are! I found that people were quite open and honest in their profiles and I initially connected with my closest classmate friends during the orientation period. Each EMDT student’s journey is his/her own, but no one will truly understand what you are going through, except your classmates who are experiencing it with you! Their support is invaluable!! Skype, iChat, Facebook, email, texting, talking on the phone…all of these gain you access to your classmates’ lives and provide a way of knowing their family as well!
CONNECT with your course director each month! They welcome this, and communication helps any questions to be resolved quickly. Besides, they are awesome people to know and have certainly enriched my life!
Try to make each project applicable to your unique teaching/training situation!
I found this to be very beneficial in my action research, and it gave me ways to use my newly acquired skills during, and as I move beyond, my EMDT year.
Be open to learning and take something applicable away from EVERY course!
Laugh A LOT!! Have FUN!! Play WoW!! Do whatever you need to take care of yourself and get the most out of this experience!
You WILL be sleep-deprived. You WILL give up activities (I watch almost no TV now!) You WILL love your Mac! You WILL experience information overload at times! You WILL become immersed in projects! You WILL be pushed outside your comfort zone! You WILL learn more than you ever imagined! And if you’re like me, you WILL have a huge smile on your face whenever you talk about what you are learning/experiencing!
You WILL NOT regret embarking on the EMDT journey!
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