This class has actually given me a
refresher course in teaching best practices.
Sometimes I feel like we spend too much time with other work in
education (i.e. staff development days that hold no meaning), that we forget to
talk about what really is “best practice” in education. By taking a hard look, and a reflective look,
at the important instructional strategies listed by the class text, I have been
able to re-examine what I do as a librarian and a teacher. I am eager to change some of my practices and
perhaps even help other staff members take a reflective look at their practice
through the lens of these strategies. I
think the class text would make a great all-staff book study.
One thing this class has solidified
for me is the desire to try Readers’ Notebooks on a blogging platform, I like
the feedback possibilities and the ease blogs bring to reinforcing effort and
providing recognition. However, I need
to explore how to make this easy to manage for teachers, meaning I need to
learn more about RSS. A summer
project! :)
I love how this class focused on
best teaching practices and how to incorporate technology to support these
practices, rather than focusing on technology first. That is such an important lesson. Technology is something that should not be
used just for the sake of using it, just because it is the latest cool thing. Technology needs to support student learning
and teaching best practice.
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