 Learning NetworksI love collaborating with teachers in my school and people who are not at my school. My first teaching job had at least five teachers per grade level, so we were able to "share our wealth." I have always loved to go to trainings in the summer and during the year and I have gotten ideas to bring into my classroom. There are face-to-face networks and then there also is networks where you can find on the internet.
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 Since 2001, I have always wanted to incorporate technology in my classroom. The district that I teach in is very big, but they have tried to have up to date technology (each classroom has a smartboard and I think all middle school and high school is 1:1.) Most years, the Technology Coaches for the district has classes in which you can get incentives (iPad, chromebook, document camera, etc.) for the classroom. I was blessed to have a wonderful Technology Coach who saw a passion for technology in me. I took one class in the summer of 2017 on Seesaw and I saw this as an opportunity to have the students start documenting what they were learning in the class. They were able to do a project and then they had to explain their project.
 All of the readings have made me think a lot about my students that I have had in the past and the ones that I will be getting in my class this coming year. I would like to get a couple of the students that teachers would call "struggling" and have a couple of growth mindset classes with them. I will have to ask my administrators about this. I plan on implementing in different aspects of growth mindset in my class this year.
 As I reflect over the last five weeks over all the concepts that I have learned about, I am excited about actually teaching growth mindset (vs. fixed mindset) to my first graders. In Dweck's Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, she outlines four steps to a true growth mindset. For my first assignment for this class, I found activities to help with the first week of school. I am so excited to do these things with my students next week. I will be using more activities that I hope to share with all. Also, I am excited to teach myself and the students "The Power of Yet." As a teacher, we are pushed in all directions to learn "different" ways to teach and sometimes my fixed mindset (she has a name and it is "Fanny") tells me that I will just never get it. I have so much to learn. The growth will continue... |
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