I want to start my final blog for 791 by thanking my fellow Innovative Teachers in this amazing Cohort. It is our collaboration, support, and desire to learn that has helped me to grow and learn, special shout out to my study buddy Rafa ! I am going to take this time to reflect on all my learning in an attempt to sort out my thought so I have some clarity to move forward and continue on this journey. The Journey started with Dervin and I hated the read I was so confused it made me crazy but I must now reflect that were some important things from this reading that did stick and are a part of my thinking as a educator. One of the most important thing I learned was that "sense-making needs to be studied from the perspective of the actor" for me that is my students of fellow teachers. This has been one of the most important things that I learned in this class. This is the end user for me and during class I know I had many questions about this due to my need to really process it and be frustrated and now finally seeing the importance. In education we have a huge lack of really asking the kids we make many assumptions and often try to make students all learn the same way but we can't we are all different with different experiences and we need options. I think that is what technology provides to us as educators options for how we present material as well as options for how student engage and interact with the materials. I have been traveling this triangle throughout this class and I kept asking questions until I received information I needed to fill my gap. I know realize how important Dervin's study is she made it possible to really understand that we must now what the "information needs" of our student are if we are going to conduct a study to create the change that our students really need not what we think they need. My important take away from Dervin is the sense making triangle and the need for what she called the "Help Chain" or we called the End User guide. As I sit in meeting and listen or watch my students in class I find Dervin often popping into my mind this has made me a more sensitive teacher really thinking about students true needs, giving students more of a voice. Then there was Baggio and her thoughts and ideas we so clear as they should be she was talking about things we can all relate to since most of us are visual learners. She has given me a fresh perspective on visual learning. When I make presentations I really think about my visuals and text. Another important learning moment was her discussing cognitive overload. I do that to my students often and I do it to myself, I am working on it. She discussed the trilogy of mind. We need to remember to reach the affective domain, cognitive domain, and conative domain as we teach. I appreciated the 5 strategies for aligning visuals and connecting learning objectives.
Finally the SAMR Model which really points out the need to use Technology in new and innovative ways. The focus must be on transforming teaching and learning. Technology must be a redefinition allowing for the creation of new innovative tasks, or it must be a modification allowing for innovative redesign. Tech must not just be augmentation or substitution, that is not innovation. This has been a great journey and I feel different, I look at situations differently, I see the need in education differently, and I now have different frustrations.
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Monica Knecht
5/5/2019 10:33:02 pm
Julie, We really have come a long way this year. You did a great job laying out all of the learning tools and re-reflecting on our journey through them with best-of highlights to always keep in mind. It was a real walk down 791 journey of learning.
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Rafael Garcia Avila
5/6/2019 04:33:11 pm
Julie,
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Julie LovieJulie Lovie Is a Math and Science teacher at Valley Oak High School with 25 years experience in teaching at a continuation high school. Julie Also teaches at Napa valley Adult School in the High School Diploma Program. She is passionate about the environment, loves gardening, and learning. Archives
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