As an upcoming first year teacher I am always looking to add important tools to my “toolbox.” Working as a kindergarten paraeducator during the 2020-2021 school year gave me some insight into remote instruction, but our class didn’t really take the deep-dive into remote learning the way other educators had to this year. I will be teaching third grade next year, and I know that remote learning on the third-grade level will look much different than at the kindergarten level. I predict that I will gain valuable insight that I can apply to both my classroom instruction and any possible online instruction I might encounter next year.  

2.     What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course? 

My learning goals are to gain new information and insight and connect with other educators. 

 

2.     My intentions and goals for my learning are to be an active participant and become more confident in virtual learning as an educator, but also to learn some new ways to engage with students in the remote setting.   I have worked as a school counselor in different locations from K-12 in the past year, so I am looking forward to connecting with others and hearing about their experiences as well!    

I predict that this course will leave me equipped for any unexpected changes in the education field. Though last year was very tough with the transition to remote learning, I feel that I had the basic skills to handle the situation. I already knew how to use some tools such as Google classroom, flippgrid, quizlet, and quizizz among other apps. They helped me survive the pandemic.

This course will also teach me new tools and strategies that will help me to enrich my teaching and to assist the students in the learning process. From my understanding, sooner or later, the way we are teaching will fundamentally change. It’s good to be prepared for that now.

My goal is to learn how to incorporate new tools including technology and strategies so my students can learn better.

I am looking forward to learning additional strategies and tools to enhance engagement in both in person and remote learning environments. 2.What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?  
My goal is to increase my skills and learn best practices to increase the use technology in my classroom.   

Goals: My goals are to improve my classroom, whether face-to-face or online with a focus on SEL. I plan to create a list of suggestions and concentrate on incorporating as many as are reasonable. The list is so I can prioritize the ideas and be able to go back to the list to include other possibilities when the first items are integrated. 

Goals: My goals are to improve my classroom, whether face-to-face or online with a focus on SEL. I plan to create a list of suggestions and concentrate on incorporating as many as are reasonable. The list is so I can prioritize the ideas and be able to go back to the list to include other possibilities when the first items are integrated. 

In the midst of all the changes happening, my school also experienced a complete administration turn over, unexpected retirements, and a break from our SAU.  More often than not, my role as the technology teacher shifted to teacher trainer, tech support, and systems administrator… my teaching and my students suffered as a result.  

I hope to use this class as a time to examine my own role, as a certified digital learning specialist.  Is my role best utilized teaching students as a unified arts teacher?  Training teachers?  Co-teaching? I think I need to develop a commitment statement that provides for better focus and balance on the purpose of my own role as an educator.

I believe this course will help me have a better understanding about how to teach in a remote setting successfully. 

2.     What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?   

I would like to build a bigger toolbox of online resources.  Our district introduced us to a few resources, and I found some things on my own.  I am hoping that through this course I will learn about even more resources- specifically special education related resources.