“Many hands make light works” 

-John Heywood 

 

Grades: 

5303: 95/100 

5313: 95/100 

 

 During classes, 5303 Appling Educ Teach: portfolio and 5313 Create Significant Learning Environment, I understood how to apply technology as a classroom tool to help to learn development. Creating the portfolio brought me challenges such as changing my mind from "I can't make a digital notebook; a notebook and a pencil is better" now to I have to try it. My perspective has changed because my digital notebook doesn't break; it doesn't get lost and doesn't get wet. I can't lie that I spent a week learning, experimenting, browsing, deleting, changing, and redesigning to understand how to use the WIX platform. I'm still working on it because I learned that the portfolio is endless, and there is always something to modify. I had never created a portfolio, and it fascinated me; one purpose I have for this summer with my children is to help them develop their portfolios.  

 
 

Reflecting on what I did in the last module and these eight weeks, I realized that my perspective had changed considerably. One of the challenges I had in my first classes was to acquire the habit of reading reflectively, and I think I have achieved it and love to feel motivated through reading. During these eight weeks, I read all the recommended readings. I read several books, Understanding by Design and A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the imagination for a world of constant change. Also, one of my purposes was to start reading before the class started and do my discussions before class. I think I have improved in the readings, and I was ready for the course, and the discussions were on time to give feedback to my classmates.  

Another critical point for success in these two classes is that I turned in all my assignments on time and attended all the classes. If I had any questions, I returned to watch the class video sent by the teachers or ask in the group with my classmates through GroupMe. 

My Team 5303: 

• Deena Boland 

• Dawn Short 

• Jose Velarde Varela 

• Lorena Rodriguez 

My Team 5313: 

• Brandy Dinkins 

• Elda Mancha 

• Erika Montroy 

• Staci Thomas 

• Lorena Rodriguez

 

  One of the challenges I had in class 5313 was to focus more on the student, although I believe it is essential for teachers to ask ourselves how they will teach their students? Since each child is different. I am working on this point to complement teacher and student adequately and optimally where learning is enjoyable for both the student and the teacher. Because we teachers also need to enjoy our work and be happy. 

Key Contributions:   

• Every day I checked GroupMe and helped my colleagues.  

• I gave feedback to my peers respectfully and constructively.   

• I read and reflected on all the feedback I received about my work.   

• I made the corrections that I received from my peers made to me in the e-Portfolio.  

• I have attended all the sessions of the two classes.  

• I read all the required readings, watched each class's videos, and researched and reviewed other sources outside of the course suggestions.  

• Submit all my assignments on time for the two subjects, 5303 and 5313.   

• I reviewed all the discussions and responded to all the feedback I received.  

• I also gave at least three or five feedbacks to different colleagues in the discussion forum.  

• I have shared and learned with my work team. 

Supporting contributions:   

• Regularly during these eight weeks, we had conferences through the GoTo app. We were also in contact daily through GroupMe, where we discussed some readings and clarified doubts regarding the work. We were in constant communication and gave each other support.  

Areas to improve:  

• Have the discussions one day before each class.  

• Begin to create the drafts of each work and thus have time to be modified.  

• During the course, ask questions.   

• Do my tasks at least five days before the due date to share them with my colleagues and receive feedback and modify the work.   

• Again, I need to improve my APA citation form.

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References

Harapnuik, D. (2021, August 16). Assessment OF/FOR/AS Learning. Harapnuik.org. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from https://www.harapnuik.org/?page_id=8900

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