This semester has offered a variety of tools to improve as an innovative thinker. Mainly this has come in the form of new design ideas, both with technology and evaluating the effectiveness of my instruction in terms of sense-making.
I learned quite a bit from instruction models like, ISD, ARCS, TPACK, SAMR, and SITE. They all offer a glimpse into the plethora of variables involve in student learning. I've always had an interest in student motivation and engagement, this focus in teaching has helped me excel and create the rapport and trust to effectively teach. The models expand that approach, and though I've been out of the classroom for the past 2 years, I'm considering returning to have a "lab" where I can try out all these models. Progress, challenges and successes have all been arrested by the fact that I'm not currently teaching in the classroom. It has been a challenge to gauge my success with the content without having students to conduct action research with. Many of my projects for the class had to be hypothetical without my own classroom to test out the practices, this made the course a bit unengaging. Overall though, I've enjoyed learning about the systems and models that I'm sure I'll be able to apply at some point. Again, I'd like to echo that this M.Ed. should really be marketed towards working teachers, as the assignments to not directly apply to working professionals like myself.
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AuthorAs a teacher and community advocate I strive to remedy the challenges of adverse childhood experiences (ACE), poverty and violence. I'm intrigued by the motivation that is cultivated by different supportive and discouraging learning environment, and how overcoming the achievement gap can transform our society. Archives
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