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When I was 19 years old I remember sitting in a college history class unsure of what I wanted to do with my life. As many do, I started to think of my gifts and my strengths and what I could do with them. Then all of a sudden everything clicked, and I knew that I wanted to be a teacher. I changed my major to Middle Grades Education. I was able to experience middle school on both ends of the spectrum, the popularity, and the loneliness. I knew I wanted to help impact the lives of kids going through that same journey.

Throughout my time in the Education Program at the University of North Georgia, I learned that I really enjoyed making connections and building relationships with students; this came very naturally to me. I started to think back to my middle school experience and the teachers that I felt really impacted my life. The key similarity was the relationships that I had with them. I decided then that I wanted to approach teaching in the same way, by building healthy relationships with students. I took this approach into my student teaching and my teaching today.

As a teacher today, I have noticed that relationship building is key to building a safe and successful classroom. Students are willing to listen and give effort if they feel that you care about them, and they feel purpose in their work. Relationships with students and teachers are what keeps me energized throughout the long and stressful school year.

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When I was 19 years old I remember sitting in a college history class unsure of what I wanted to do with my life. As many do, I started to think of my gifts and my strengths and what I could do with them.

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Trends in the Content Area Learning Portfolio

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Trends in the Content Area Learning Portfolio

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This past summer I began my Master’s Program at Georgia Southern University. One of the first classes that I took was Learning Theories and Applications. This class taught me more about different learning theories and the best way to apply them in the classroom. This final project from my class required me to show all the different learning theories in the classroom and the proper way to implement them. For example, I mention topics like chunking and cueing in this assignment. Learning that students can retain information better in “chunks” and that I can use cues such as turning off the light have both helped me become a better educator. In terms of teaching and classroom management. I chose to include this assignment in my collection because it shows many ways that I can apply different learning theories in the classroom.

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My final project for my Educational Research Class was to create an Annotated Bibliography from a set of resources that I discovered while looking for research on the topic of Social Media and the Negative Influences that it has on students. I chose to include this assignment in my collection because in this assignment I discovered valuable research that shows the negative impact that social media use can have on students. This shows my growth as an educator and in this program through learning how to research and find different types of studies, such as qualitative and quantitative research, in education. I also discovered more ways that social media can harm students and this helps me in the classroom to have real and honest conversations with my students.

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In my class, Classroom Assessment and Data Literacy, I learned valuable tools and strategies to properly assess students in the classroom. This final project I titled Data Literacy Restaurant includes the different strategies and their reasoning for classroom use. In this assignment, I describe different topics such as Culturally Responsive Assessments, Formative Assessments, and how difficulty and discrimination play into assessment results. The topics described in this assignment were just some of the concepts I learned from this class. These have helped me become a better educator, and create more reliable and effective assessments. This class also helped me learn the effects of social network analysis and the importance of a properly designed seating chart.

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One of the classes that I took last fall was titled Trends in the Content Areas. In this class, I had to learn a variety of different trends that are being incorporated into the classroom, such as literacy, brain-based learning, and global learning. The assignment that I have incorporated into my collection is the portfolio that I created for my final project in class. In this portfolio, I have a variety of assignments that display my knowledge of different content trends. Many of these assignments are named Lesson Reboot Assignments. In these assignments, I display knowledge of these different content trends by incorporating them into lessons that I have created for my students. These lessons show my growth as a learner in the course and this portfolio shows how I have incorporated a wide array of content trend knowledge into my classroom.

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In the class Foundations of Technology-Enabled Learning, my final project was to create a portfolio that showed my growth throughout the class and my knowledge of the different ways that I can incorporate technology into my classroom. In this portfolio, there are a wide variety of assignments that show my growth and knowledge of technology implementation. Assignments like my comic book strip that I have created. This was implemented in my classroom this past year. I also included an educational video project that I used to interact with my students. In this portfolio are also two examples of curation that I completed. One of these implements a new topic of a genius hour. I chose to incorporate this assignment because it shows how I have grown as a technology user in the classroom.

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In my class Transforming Learning in Education, I learned many valuable ways to become a better teacher by incorporating technology. The assignment that I chose to include in my collection is my UDL Integration Unit. In this assignment, I had to create a unit based on Universal Design and create a variety of materials for implementation. I chose to incorporate this assignment because this assignment shows my growth as a learner in this program. This was the first unit that I had to create from start to finish based on Backwards Design or Universal Design. I show multiple means of engagement, access, and expression in this unit that I learned through this class. I can now take this unit and implement it in my classroom each year.