C1S1 Equipping Educators Course Musings by NHDOE Grant https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1 After reading the "What to Expect in this Course" document and the foundational readings and exercises in this module, answer the following prompts in this Padlet: How do you predict this course might be valuable to you? What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course? en-us 2021-06-23 23:08:25 UTC 2021-08-01 13:44:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Musings from Amy White https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1629086051 When I began my new job in August '20, my boss handed me the Distance Learning Playbook. I pored over the book, treating it like my bible.  I needed it, being overwhelmed in my new job.  But then I got busy. This morning when I read our first module I had to think for a minute where I put it.

Sometimes a course is valuable because it makes me set aside time for reflection, discussion, and planning. Sometimes I look at something I have seen before, but understand it in a new way. And often in a class I learn new things. I like it when a class lets me do all three.

With that said, here are my goals:
- collaborate with my peers so we support each other in our learning journey. 
- reflect on the past year.
- use my reflections to set specific, actionable goals for next year.
- remember always to keep student learning as the primary focus.]]> 2021-06-29 00:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1629086051 Lisa's intentions..... https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630104217 First of all I have to say to Amy that you write SO WELL. I read your posts and think "Ya, that is exactly how I feel", so thank you for putting into words what I struggle to do.

This course has already been valuable to me. After completing just part of module one, I realize that the issues I encountered were way more widespread than just my school. I think that this course will be valuable because we have those similar issues and can begin to address them and come up with possible ways to solve some of them. My intention is (like Amy said) to reflect on the past year and to start developing a "toolbox" to help students develop some of the skills we discovered they were lacking (and that I was lacking as well!!)]]> 2021-06-29 13:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630104217 Des Hubbard Course Musings: https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630155916
  • How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?  
    • I believe that the most valuable aspect of this course will be the ability to learn from peers across the state! I am looking forward to finding out how others navigate the challenges of remote learning and to glean some tips and tricks that I didn't know.  I know that the best way to learn is by jumping in and just getting started, and I feel like we all have done plenty of that!  Now, it seems like a great time to reflect on what worked and what didn't work so well.  To take the lessons from the past year and move forward with new skills and tools.

    1. What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?   
    My goal in signing up for this course was to find new platforms for online learning and to gather new ways of learning the platforms that I am already familiar with.  I think that the most likely source of information in this vein will be my fellow classmates who have been working remotely this past year. We've all been doing it, albeit in different ways.  That's what will make this course so great--the ability to share ideas and reflect on our own teaching so that we can be our best in the future!

    ]]>     2021-06-29 14:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630155916     Michael's Post mderby11 https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630251219 I believe that this course will be valuable to me in many ways but the one way which I can see already is as a reflection on the past year and a half. For the past 18 months we have all been on the go, in front of a classroom and in front of a zoom camera for what felt like 25 hours a day. In just this first module I have had more time to look back on the last school year and really reflect on how it made me feel, what my greatest challenges were and what aspects of it benefitted me. Without this course I don't know when I would have done that!

    My intention for this course is to continue to become an overall better educator. I think adding to our toolbox is something that we should never stop doing. I learned this year that there are a ton of skills that I am still missing when it comes to educating my students. I signed up for this class because if I expect my students to give me 100% of their time, effort and ability I need to be able to do the same for them! ]]>     2021-06-29 15:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630251219     Melissa Crotto-Young's post https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630494238 This course will be valuable to me in several ways.  First of all, just being able to reflect during a time when life has slowed its frenetic pace will benefit my teaching next year.  I always find the time to reflect during summer curriculum work to be so useful. Another aspect of the class that will be valuable is that it is not just theoretical, but asks that I create something tangible that I can use next school year.  
    I have a couple of goals for this class. First of all, I hope that I can collaborate and learn from the other teachers' rich and varied experiences with remote teaching. That leads me to my second goal of expanding my teaching toolkit to include ways to engage more students, while keeping in mind that it is important not to overwhelm/frustrate them.]]>     2021-06-29 18:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630494238     value and intentions LynneBates https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630538395 I feel like I will probably end of reiterating many of the sentiments of other group members. But, we're all educators and we wish to be our best selves so we can be our best for our students. 
    Learning to be more adaptive and learning new tools and applications for old tools already in the toolbox is one of my goals from this course.
    There is always value in learning, I already feel this course has been valuable in that as others have said I am setting aside time for reflecting on these last school years and planning for the next. 

    ]]>     2021-06-29 19:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1630538395     Value in learning: Caroline Conrad https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1632124499 I believe this course will be valuable to me as an educator because after the past year we never know what the future may hold. Having finished my 6th year I feel as though I have learned more in the past year then I have in the previous 5. I also believe the world and education are changing adnas educators we need to be as in tune with those changes as possible. I also believe this course to be valuable because it allows me to connect with other educators and share experiences. 

    With that being said, my intentions and goals for this course include, building relationships with other educators, learning from one another on how to incorporate more technology into the classroom when appropriate and reflecting on this past year of remote learning and in person teaching and how it has changed me as an educator for the better.

    ]]>     2021-06-30 18:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1632124499     Shannon Blaney's Post https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1632180352 One of the things I noticed with my students and their virtual learning is that the majority of the kids were disinterested in learning and disregulated.  After reading the introduction to The Distance Learning Playbook, I realized that the issues were of equity, not interest.  I loved how Hattie wrote in his article of teachers becoming triage nurses; rather than just teaching new material, teachers should be directing their learning and their thinking.  I hope this class helps me improve with this over virtual learning.  I am very much a director, rather than a talk-atter, in the brick and mortar classroom, but transferring that to virtual learning has been difficult for me.  As in the video, I hope to learn the "dialect" of remote teaching.

    Another way I am hoping this class will help me is by actually creating a tangible product that I can use next year.  I am a learner by actively doing as I learn, so I am looking forward to creating something useful.

    Lastly, I am looking forward to working with a community of teachers and educators who had the same struggles I did while teaching remotely. I look forward to hearing how others worked through their struggles and make virtual teaching successful for themselves and their students. I am hoping there are some more primary grade teachers involved in the class, as the needs of primary students are very different from middle or high school students. I'd love to connect with anybody who works with young children!

    ]]>     2021-06-30 19:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1632180352     This Course cncormier https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1632563245 I think the thing I'm most excited for about this course is getting to connect with and learn from so many teachers across the state.  Like many of you said, we all went through the same circumstance, but experienced and navigated it in varying ways.  We have SO much collective knowledge about how to do this well and now is our chance to SYNTHESIZE, SHARE, and REFLECT on what we know and don't know.  Can't wait! 

    ]]>     2021-07-01 01:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1632563245     Musings rbuzzell https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1633619024 I think this course will be valuable to me because I am able to reflect on how I taught and also be able to gain some insight on what other teachers felt made them successful. It is my goal to continue to learn to use new technology to connect with students in meaningful ways; it is important to build community before jumping right in to core content!]]> 2021-07-01 16:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1633619024 How do you predict this course might be valuable to you? What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course? amacdonald92 https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1633641640 I truly hope tp gain a better sense of how I can support teachers with technology.  I loved the quote in the Playbook about this past year not being online teaching or homeschooling - but crisis teaching.  So much of my work with teachers has been in crisis mode - fixing software and computer issues, etc.  I want to use this past year as a jumping off point for helping teachers build up their resources and their confidence.

    My primary goal is to prepare a time capsule of sorts - to gather the best and the worst elements of our remote resources. I want to be able to remind teachers of our successes and also learn from the things that need to be better for future reference.]]>     2021-07-01 16:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1633641640     Jill Puleo's Post https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1633847592
    This course will be valuable to me because it will allow me time to reflect on the past year and how it has changed education as a whole and for me as a teacher. It will also allow me to take the strategies and practices that worked and plan a way to continue to incorporate them in the fall.

    I am looking forward to learning from peers about their experiences and adding to my tool box of teaching strategies and practices. I am always looking to learn more and grow as not only an educator but a person. My goal for my learning of this course is to reflect and learn so that I can implement strategies and practices in the fall and years to come!


    ]]>     2021-07-01 19:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1633847592     How do you predict this course might be valuable to you? What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course? https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1635186375 I am ready to embrace a new way of facilitating my students to be independent, self-reliant young adults. I really feel like I only dabbled in this through remote education, but I am feeling more confident that I can really utilize more online tools to nude students toward self-regulation and internalizing their desire to achieve. My goals for this course are to design asynchronous online materials and lessons that my students can engage in to prepare them for transitioning to adulthood, that won't just take place in the school environment.]]> 2021-07-02 18:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1635186375 This course will be valuable to be in a variety of ways. For starters, I appreciate being on the learning end of assignments for a change. This is eye-opening and important. I like how these first three assignments have been set up, which is making me reflect on what I did with my students for the past year and a quarter. I'm much more aware of the mistakes I made designing lessons, and I'm committed to doing better in the future. I predict that the work in this course and the feedback that I will receive will make me a better teacher moving forward. dhambucken https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1635222903 My intentions/goals moving forward are to create assessments that have more clear and concise instructions. In addition, I hope to break things down more so that all kids feel like they know how to get started and can feel accomplished along the way. I also hope to continue to learn from colleagues everywhere. ]]> 2021-07-02 18:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1635222903 I believe this course will be valuable to me as it will give me insight on the wins (big and small) that other school districts and teachers across grade levels had that made remote learning successful for them. It would then be my goal to take that back and incorporate them into my own classroom/school practices. This is the new way of teaching we need to take what we learned, build upon it, and keep going. Technology is the language of our students, it constantly evolving and we need to do our best to https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1635964322 2021-07-04 01:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1635964322 https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1636382234
  • How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?  
  • What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?   

    • ]]>     2021-07-04 21:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1636382234     How do you predict this course might be valuable to you? What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course? kaischidlovsky https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1636382440 Through this course, I hope to learn new strategies that other teachers found successful. My hope is that such successes can be transferred to in-person instruction. 

    During lockdown, I personally found myself having lots of thoughts that no teacher would dare say out loud. I would feel guilty, ashamed knowing it's not a teacher-like positive attitude. Talking through our experiences will validate many of our "guilty" feelings.]]>     2021-07-04 21:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1636382440     I think this course will be valuable to me as it gives me a better insight to bringing some more individual and personal learning opportunities to the students who enter my classroom next year and in the future. https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1636472180
    My goals for this class are to educate myself into ways to motivate and engage my students, to understand effective ways to bring content and learning opportunities to students whether they be in front of me in classroom or at home, and to find new strategies for ensuring all learnings meet their potential in my class.]]>     2021-07-05 00:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1636472180     I think this course will be valuable to me in that it will give me some takeaways to apply to not only my online class thru VLACS but also when I return to the classroom in the fall. https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1637626959 My goal is to develop new teaching skills that will work both in and out of the classroom.  It never hurts to have more arrows in you quiver.

    ]]>     2021-07-05 18:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1637626959     wpetig https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1637630774 I think this course will be valuable to me in that it will give me some takeaways to apply to not only my online class thru VLACS but also when I return to the classroom in the fall. 
    My goal is to develop new teaching skills that will work both in and out of the classroom.  It never hurts to have more arrows in you quiver.
    ]]>     2021-07-05 18:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1637630774     Des Hubbard Course Musings: dhubbard7 https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1642062278
  • How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?  
    • I believe that the most valuable aspect of this course will be the ability to learn from peers across the state! I am looking forward to finding out how others navigate the challenges of remote learning and to glean some tips and tricks that I didn't know.  I know that the best way to learn is by jumping in and just getting started, and I feel like we all have done plenty of that!  Now, it seems like a great time to reflect on what worked and what didn't work so well.  To take the lessons from the past year and move forward with new skills and tools.

    1. What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?   
    My goal in signing up for this course was to find new platforms for online learning and to gather new ways of learning the platforms that I am already familiar with.  I think that the most likely source of information in this vein will be my fellow classmates who have been working remotely this past year. We've all been doing it, albeit in different ways.  That's what will make this course so great--the ability to share ideas and reflect on our own teaching so that we can be our best in the future!

    ]]>     2021-07-08 15:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1642062278     cray42 https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1643639448 I think this course will give me the tools I need to be able to do my job more effectively should we have to go remote again as well as expand opportunities in educating my students. 
    My goal is to have new teaching techniques to engage learners in this world of technology as well as I can engage them in the classroom! Having and introducing new and innovative resources will benefit myself and my learners in this ever evolving world that we live in. My intentions would be to share any valuable info I take away from this course, with my students and my colleagues and continue trying to always become a better educator, no matter how long I have been in the game!]]>     2021-07-09 19:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1643639448     I think this course will be valuable to me in that I will get a fuller picture of what it means to be an online teacher. There are things that I already know about online teaching, but there are areas that I am not aware of right now in the areas of perspective and tools. My intentions are to read all of the materials and then apply the principles to my online teaching. I also hope to learn from my peers. ceabel https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1665920405 2021-08-01 13:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/grant129/C1S1/wish/1665920405