In the summer of 2009, I started a new adventure to improve my teaching and advance my learning; I began my Master's of Education in Instructional Technology program in the College of Education at Texas Tech University.  The program has enhanced my classroom instruction and I have already improved my classroom instruction in many ways.  I plan to graduate in the spring of 2012 and as the EDIT web site states I will begin to "Open doors to the future".  Below I will list the skills I feel that have made me a talented and skilled Instructional Design and Technology specialist.

Skills

• Having an understanding of the learning theories such as behaviorism, constructivism, social learning and cognitivism that can help shape and define the outcome of instructional materials.
  

• Having an understanding of the Instructional design models such as the ADDIE, ASSURE, Dick and Carey, and Kemp Design Model which can help the creation of instructional materials.
  

• Having an understanding of the practices, process, and procedures such as visual instructional media, video based distance learning, online courses and e-learning applications, and instructional technology programs which can help the implementations of instructional materials.

• Having an understanding of researching and presenting related concepts such as Action Research, information analysis, and collaboration which can help the evolution and future development of instructional materials.