Diffusion of Education Innovations is a course that shows the process of how information and technology are shared throughout a population.  During this course, I learned that people could be classified into many categories.  Each organization has at least on opinion leader.  This is the person who is able to connect on a personal level with the most people on a given staff.  We also learned about people who are early adopters, who begin an innovation early in the process, and laggards, who are the last ones to participate in an innovation.  During this course, I learned that I am an early adopter, but also can be considered a change agent.  A change agent is one who is instrumental in getting an innovation started. This can be a difficult position to be in, however, I believe it is one that is worthwhile.

Throughout this course, we had some interesting discussions.  I felt that the participants of this course really took the work seriously and the discussion boards, especially surrounding the change agents were insightful and thought provoking. 

The final project for Diffusion of Education Innovations was the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM).  My project was created using the topic "Using the Internet to Enhance Instruction".  This course helped me to look at my school in a new way.  I learned to look for signs to show people's roles in the school, and to respect the differences of those roles.