Entering teachers college I had a bunch of questions about what I would be learning and how are we going to acquire all the skills necessary to be successful. Thankfully texts like Talk about assessment exist since Cooper answered some of the questions and curiosities about being a successful teacher that I had. The section on inquiry-based learning was very interesting because I have used this method before but didn’t know what it was called. I have always been more successful in situations where I was able to find out the why on my own rather being told what the answer is and I have used this method while coaching football back home. I find if the players understand why we are doing things and they can come to these conclusions on their own they will be able to play and think at a higher level as well a play instinctively since they have a deeper understanding of why things are done the way they are.
The big ideas will be interesting to study more in depth as we go along as well seeing how many teachers that I come in contact have used this resource and what they think about these big ideas. Especially the shift from norm-referenced assessment towards criterion-referenced models. These changes excite me knowing that everyone learns at a different level and speed, through coaching I learned this the hard way the first time I was in charge of coaching an entire defense I had a vision and I expected everyone to understand what I was implementing and I thought we were going to hit the ground running, it was a disaster. I got extremely frustrated because my plan and expectation failed miserably but it forced me to readjust and helped me remember that I have to treat each player individually and hopefully get them all up to a level 4 as the season progressed because if one failed we all failed. Growing up I was a part of the generation that cellphones became readily accessible and teachers we unsure how to deal with the new technology generally banning cellphones from class. Nowadays nearly every student has a cellphone or tablet that they travel with daily and teachers have had to adapt to this. The Mishra and Koehler article speaks to these challenges and innovative ways to use the technology to our advantage as educators.
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Linda Radford
9/17/2015 05:58:50 pm
Brandon, Thank you for sharing your stories from the playing field. They certainly provide another example to understand what Cooper introduces us to in his first two chapters. I'm looking forward to reading your work this term.
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