Friday, December 7, 2018
End of course reflection
This course has taught me to really reflect on my teaching practice and to be more intentional as I develop instructional plans and strategies. Necessary reminders to state the objective and break down the desired outcomes into achievable goals as a part of best practices have actually been a highlight of the course. Yes it takes more time, but the pre-planning and constant formative evaluations really help me to redesign along the way and become a better teacher as a result.
End of course reflection
As I complete my final assignments for this course I feel compelled to say I was wrong! In the beginning, I thought this course was "too easy" for a post-graduate course. I thought the text and its technologies was outdated. The second text is inspirational. The detours I found myself taking while reading this text were totally worth it. I am inspired by rotational models, problem-based performance tasks, personalized learning and self organized learning communities. I am fascinated with a future where a child gets to direct his own learning instead of a factory model that dictates what he/she should know. I am also discouraged at the amount of roadblocks there are in South Carolina, but I remain hopeful for the future.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Extras from week 14
More
reflections on summative assessments and in particular end-of-course exams in
South Carolina for our discussion board this week...
I have two
high-schoolers and I asked them if they felt EOCs were an accurate
representation of what they had learned or were expected to learn throughout
the semester. This is what they said.
- The questions are unbalanced - not evenly distributed (i.e. 20% of the test comes from a single chapter.)
- The curriculum is too broad and their teachers do not have time to cover everything.
- There is unfamiliar content on the test (possibly because of the reasons above.)
- They test too early.
- Why do they have to take a final exam for the class when they took an EOC two or three weeks before?
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End of course reflection
This course has taught me to really reflect on my teaching practice and to be more intentional as I develop instructional plans and strategi...
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More reflections on summative assessments and in particular end-of-course exams in South Carolina for our discussion board this week... ...
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Our discussion board this week - “Research since the early 1980’s confirms that the choice of media for delivering instruction does not mak...
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Chapter 5 introduced me to Summit Public Schools. The video clips are not available on my kindle book :( But I found this clip on YouTube...