Category: Blog Responses

Hey, Hailey! I love your insights into topic 3 in your blog post. I agree the increase in research about how to increase equity in learning environments is a move in the right direction, and it’s incredibly exciting to see. Childhood psychology is such a fun, exciting, and vital tool to help us understand our students on a deeper level; I would look into some of our ED-D  301 resources from last semester, where we discussed some developmental theories, as well as some of your research in space between courses. I also think it would be incredibly exciting to look into how e-learning and child psychology overlap and affect one another. I am excited to see how you expand on your research and understanding of burn out, particularly in an online learning context.

Kylie, I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to read your blog posts each week. This week I was particularly intrigued by your interest in how online learning can be more difficult for minority communities, as it is something I am also passionate about and hope to explore through my portfolio assignment. I hope we can share resources with one another in the near future. I also related to your ability to connect with online learners in K-12 at the moment. Online learning is a whole new experience for me and attempting to balance scheduling, understanding of content, and adjustment time, I can see much benefit in our profs being understanding and compassionate to the learning curves and daily stressors. It was so interesting to read about your experience with the design principles throughout your life. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

Teya! I am feeling bittersweet feels after reading your final blog post as I have loved interacting with you throughout this course. I was as excited as you were to realize that open and online learning environments have an abundance of pathways to integrate UDL into your lessons. The idea that we have access to so many resources at a click of a button, and are creating projects that we can look back on and use in our future as educators are something I didn’t know was possible before this course. The MindShift Podcast you shared on twitter has an amazing podcast on how podcasts have been utilized in educators’ classrooms in order to use multimodal/multimedia to help bridge gaps in understanding! It was a pleasure learning with you over the last few weeks.

Hey, Teya! I loved the insights that you shared throughout your blog post. Adaptability is such an incredibly important aspect of teaching, and I believe that we all need to ensure that we are forever on our toes and ready to change things up with a plan a doesn’t go as planned. I’m thankful that we are taking a course that allows us to understand, explore, and utilize tools that can assist in our preparedness in becoming educators. Your passion for inclusivity, open-mindedness, and inquiry are topics that I am also incredibly interested in, and I would love to talk to you further about approaches and tools that we can utilize to make that happen. This educational revolution is intimidating, but it’s also so exciting to be a part of something new and so important.

Hello again, Kylie! Your blog post was incredibly informative and showed how much knowledge you gained through the readings this week! I loved your insight into how asynchronous learning can assist families who have busy schedules and need to support their children. The difficulty of accessing technology made me think about families that may have more than one child in their home, and may not have access to more than one computer. I worried about access when COVID occurred, and I was wondering how families could make that work so that all of their children could have access to an equal education. Your connection to PSII was intriguing as I also had the same concerns about inquiry and how we could keep equity at the forefront of education if students were all exploring different subjects, topics, and ideas. Our field trip last year also settled my worries and inspired me to dive deeper into an inquiry-based pedagogy.

Hi Hailey! In your post, I loved seeing you draw so many connections to past courses and the way you made links between classes to help you make meaning with new content. It seems that inquiry has been a reoccurring pedagogy that you are interested in, and I find that interesting and would love to hear more about your thoughts and tools on this topic. I enjoyed your insight into how we can learn from the past and utilize that information as a pathway for growth. Your idea reminded me of our conversations about the history of education in our Philosophy class last semester. Your passion for entering the field of education as knowledgeable and experienced as you can is such an excellent way to begin your career! 

Hi Hailey!

Your blog post allowed me to make a lot of connections between EDCI 339 and our courses over the last year. When you discussed inquiry and pedagogy, it made me think about when we took our trip to the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry where students were motivated through inquiry, as well as their gained knowledge of online tools that benefited their learning. The connections that students were able to make across subjects, while also meeting the competencies was inspiring. I am curious if there are any resources or tools that you are already aware of that allow for inquiry through online and open learning. In terms of discrimination, I was wondering if you have a plan for ways to educate yourself more on the topic, and ways that you plan to be proactive in terms of this subject?

I found your blog post insightful and enlightening. Your ability to see both the assets and deficits of online and open learning shows that you are able to work towards a balance of the two. Personally, I am afraid of these deficits when I think of myself in the coming term and learning all online, and I was wondering if you had any insights into how you would battle those deficits, more specifically, the disconnection of emotions and intentions throughout communication? Are there any resources that help teachers bridge those gaps? I also connected with your description of the need for teachers to constantly adapt to changing communication modes, and learning preferences.

 

Hi Kylie!

I absolutely love what you drew out of the readings and included in your reflection, especially the part about having a team of teachers working together. In times of frustration or lack of understanding, we can feel isolated (especially in an online platform), and asking for help can be difficult. As I have learned through twitter this week, so many educators are more than happy to share their knowledge and expertise with you, and oftentimes find it a helpful learning experience as well; I would highly recommend checking out twitter and the multitude of online educators who share incredible resources. I think your point of student tracking and discrimination is in-depth and shows your passion and understanding of this topic, and I think that will lend itself well as a proactive step in your classroom to ensure safety and non-discrimination, which will, in turn, allow your students a safe space to learn. I was wondering what steps you may take in your own classroom to ensure the safety and equality of your students and their data shared? Would you make questions that are within the database optional? Maybe you could look into different resources that don’t in fact ask questions based on sex, age, grade, etc.