Alexis Stepney
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  • Always a Learner
    • EDUC 701-Page
    • EDUC 790-Page
    • EDUC 791-PAGE
    • EDUC 792-Page
  • EDUC 701-Blog
  • EDUC 790-Blog
  • EDUC 702-BLOG
  • EDUC 791-BLOG
  • EDUC 703-Blog
  • EDUC 792-Blog
  • IRB
  • Tools and Resources

EDUC 791
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Final Thoughts...

7/23/2019

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     Over this course I know i have evolved as an educator and as an innovative thinker because I no longer view things in the same way. When I'm introduced to a new idea, or strategy or tool I no longer think to myself that's nice but I could never do anything like that in my class. Now my brain starts moving a million miles a minute about how can I make that work in my classroom. I start asking myself, what do I need to change to make it fit us?
      Now that we have a moment to breathe and take it all in before the next semester I think it's important to go back with fresh eyes and a fresh brain to explore the work of previous cohorts for inspiration to help guide the creation of our prototype. I personally have forgotten many of my original ideas that might support my current work along with input by my cohort members from old blog posts.
Also a huge opportunity I'm glad I took advantage of was going to the poster presentation of cohort 16. It really added light to what our expectation is in our final semester.
Lastly, I think a challenge of mine is actually coming up with the innovative ideas for lessons and activities for my students to do. I'm still learning howto do that type of thinking but having the SAMR model to refer to has been great for me.
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Sense-making, Transliteracy and TPACK

7/13/2019

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     While preparing my next draft of my capstone prototype, the new readings, definitions/information and Punya Mishra video gave me a lot to think about.
      I couldn't help but think of these six year olds entering this new environment(my 1st grade classroom) and jumping in being required to make sense of everything I am throwing at them then expecting them to adjust and or adapt as soon as changes need to be made. It seems a bit far fetched(especially to their parents) but they need to begin to get prepared for this ever changing world now.
         TPACK's components help ensure quality teaching so that students keep up and/or stay in touch with the world they will soon enter not only as functioning citizens  but in the workforce as well. For teaching to be innovative teachers need to do something hasn't been done before and as long as we keep doing the same thing we have always done schools are not properly preparing our children for how to live 20 years from now.
        I realize I will need to consider activities/lessons that offer resources and ways for students to find methods and/or tatics to respond new or challenging information so that they can process it correctly. The importance of students being able to engage in various ways to communicate learning whether it be by print, digital, multimedia, or orally is something that must be practiced daily. Lastly, the context of how and what is taught is the key that could open up doors to produce the kind of thinkers needed in the 21st century.    

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My Message/Learning

7/8/2019

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     One of the many take aways so far had been on the best strategies on how to present to an audience. Because I now know more than 80% of people are visual learners, images done correctly are the best way to make a lasting impression. My focus has primarily been about behavior and it's effects due to student motivation and engagement so to get my message across I would use images that displayed classrooms that were heavy on collaboration, teachers coaching small groups of students, different students working on different things. More of an "organized chaos" rather than traditional setting in rows with teacher standing in front of room.
​    I went from my essential question based on what to do with early finishers/advanced students and how to manage a classroom that was heavy on differentiation and academic grouping so that a handful weren't so distracting to the rest of the learning environment(or annoying me) to how can I change my teaching practice so that all learners are included and start and finish assignments at the same time and still get what they need to out of it.
        I think the most difficult part is coming up with innovative ways for your students to learn. Because getting out of substitution and augmentation teaching with technology is a process for educators to move out of in itself, changing our brains to "think outside the box" is a struggle. As more educators transform into redefinition we can hopefully become a resource to each other so that the wheel doesn't have to be reinvented.
        TPACK has really guided my thought process when it comes to my lesson planning. I definitely always consider or have in the back of my mind how to tie in "the sweet spot", even if it doesn't always work out for every single lesson or activity it remains a goal in my teaching practice.
          
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