When I started this program I had not read or heard of Carol Dweck's book, The Growth Mindset. After watching her videos and reading the book, I started to think about how I could incorporate this into my own learning, my teaching, and how it will affect my innovation plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0mgOOSpLU Coincidentally, we piloted a new… Continue reading Power of the Growth Mindset
Month: February 2023
The 21st Century Learner
Students are not the same as they were twenty years ago, prior to the digital revolution. They come to the classroom now with experiences from home and with knowledge of digital content has not been taught in a classroom. As a second grade teacher, I see my students using technology in creative and independent ways.… Continue reading The 21st Century Learner
CSLE+COVA ~ Why it Matters
In the state of Texas, students in grades 3-12 must take the STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) at the end of every school year (TEA, n.d.). Teachers feel the stress of teaching to the test, students feel stress to pass the test, and administrators reinforce that stress so their campus gets a… Continue reading CSLE+COVA ~ Why it Matters
Meaningful Connections through Collaboration
Sharing ideas, collaborating, discussing are all words I have used as a teacher in my classroom to get my students talking about the learning. Collaborative groups, or what is often referred to as cooperative learning groups, is a learning theory first introduced by Lev Vygotsky's idea of the Zone of Proximal Development (Erbil, 2020). I… Continue reading Meaningful Connections through Collaboration
Going Where Others Have Gone
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. ~ Henry Ford Something I've learned through the ADL program is that sharing and collaborating is where true learning happens. Sure, I knew this as a teacher working with own students, but I always thought of myself as an independent learner. Until now.… Continue reading Going Where Others Have Gone
Connecting or Collecting
When I started the ADL program I did not realize that the type of learner I had become. I was taught if you do x, y, and z, you'll get the expected outcome. Memorization was a strategy I used when completing my undergraduate work. I became good at collecting the dots. Through this program, I… Continue reading Connecting or Collecting
Taking Ownership
Now that I am taking ownership over my ePortfolio by creating my own domain name, I hope to keep it up with significant information, research, and discussions that will bring others to my site to talk about Digital Learning and the future that we are headed in. Today, I created a logo for my site.… Continue reading Taking Ownership
Who REALLY owns my ePortfolio?
I do...now. I think it's very important to know my "why" as I progress through this program because my why is what is going to give me focus when contributing to my ePortfolio. As pointed out in the e-book, COVA (Harapnuik and et. al., 2018), without knowing why I am creating the content, it doesn't… Continue reading Who REALLY owns my ePortfolio?
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