Part 1: Reflect on your process of building your website in terms of design, putting content and what you can now do.
My website is just about done. I need to add in a few more videos and check the spacing, but it’s otherwise complete. I could easily spend months improving it in many ways, including cleaning up the layout, streamlining the content, adding more resources about flipping and screencasting, but it’s about as complete as it’s going to get before the due date (tomorrow!). It would have been great to have worked on this a little at a time throughout the master's program so that we'd have had more time for these final edits and tweaks. This also would have given us the flexibility to take a break for a week or two to gain perspective and fresh eyes. I believe that the quality of the capstone websites would benefit greatly from this additional time. Parts 2 and 3: How can you take what you’ve learned from this master’s program out into the world and into your classroom immediately? Finally, how do you plan to use what you’ve learned from this program in the future? To answer these questions, here’s the “Lasting Learning” section from my capstone website. It describes what I’ve learned and how I’m applying it, both now and in the future. As one would expect, much of my learning in the Touro Masters of Innovative Learning program has been about innovation in learning. We've explored best practices in pedagogy and creative uses of technology. We've read research about educational policy, listened to experts about neuroplasticity and motivation, and experimented with graphic design. Probably the most enduring learning, though, has come by learning from the other teachers in my cohorts. I've learned from looking at everyone’s research ideas. I've learned from reading everyone’s blogs. I’ve learned about technology and different ways to use it, about working with different ages and grades of students from diverse populations, about the challenges of teaching students at my grade (early elementary) all the way through high school. This perspective has been invaluable. Through my cohorts, I’ve learned about mindset and grit, about project and problem-based learning, about teaching high school math and elementary school art. I’ve learned about the importance of having a well-defined idea, and then about the importance of scrapping it if it doesn’t work out. I've learned about making mistakes about about fixing them. Learning with my cohort has included sharing ideas and challenges, reflecting thoughtfully on what works and what doesn’t, and trying to become the best teachers we can be. I’m looking forward to continuing this collaboration, reflection, and perspective throughout my teaching.
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Joe Madigan
5/2/2017 10:49:55 am
The first thing I thought when reading your top section, was that I too could spend many more month perfecting this website. The time crunch we were under was tremendous. I'm going to take some time off, but I honestly do hope that I will have the energy to come back my capstone and add to it when something truly innovative comes my way and I use it in class. Hopefully we all do.
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