Takeaways
1. To be flexible in the classroom, especially when working with other colleagues and technology
2. Be aware of your misconceptions and be willing to change to mold to the new view
3. Working with technology is a great assessment tool and way of keeping track of student learning
4. Technology is a great way to engage students in learning (even when the content may not be very exciting)
Suggestions
1. Collaborate with teachers in classrooms before sending students into the field-make sure everyone is on the same page.
2. More structure to the class-more content being learned (Maybe some more group projects and presentations)
3. Suggestion for other teachers-always try out technology before trying it out on others
4. Keep track of our learning and progress more closely. I think the Thursday Roundups were a great idea but I think they would have been even greater if we were required to look at them, maybe post a comment or two.
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Thank you for the feedback, Melissa.
ReplyDeleteThis course was more about the risk you were willing to take as a learner and educational leader, rather than a highly structured "do-this and you get-that" endeavor. This works for some people and not so well with others. I believe a teachers purpose is to keep track of their own learning and teach students to do the same.
I am hoping you will be able to capitalize on your experience this semester. Your synthesis is short and light, not too deep on details, which I gather might in some ways reflect your overall experience in this course.
Remember, you always get out of life what you put into it.