Lorena Rodriguez
My Learning Path
It is a pleasure to share my new digital adventure!
New Culture of Learning
Creating a Significant Learning Environment (CSLE) with New Culture of Learning
In terms of spaces, we need to develop classes to be friendly, respectful, and accessible to digital information and where the students feel comfortable being in the room. It should be an ally for the student's active learning. This teaching encourages us to put the student at the center of their educational process, taking an active role within it. As a preschool teacher, learning environments are essential in children's cognitive, emotional, and social development because they involve various playful activities, games, and learning styles. They allow students to discover and connect with the world around them by exploring materials with their senses, creating, imagining, reading, and learning through experience.
According to Dr. Douglas Thomas, to create a significant learning environment, it is necessary to put the student at the center. Where teachers can create a context that cultivates the imagination, honor passion, and can help others connect their passion with things they need to learn. Make learning fun and easy.
Scott Hayden
"Teachers have three loves:
love of Learning,
love of Learners, and
the LOVE of bringing the first two TOGETHER"
I learned about Fink's guide regarding aligning outcomes, assessment, and activities during these three weeks. Using the guide, I created a course for my pre-kinder class: Interactive Read-Aloud and Literature Discussion. The course outcomes planning process and 3-column table helped me visualize the goal of my innovation plan as more specific and concrete. During creating my innovation plan, I felt a bit confused about how to implement specific activities to encourage students to read for pleasure. This goal has become my BHAG to promote reading for pleasure by reading comprehension.
The impact that my innovation plan had after learning about the learning approach and the creation of meaningful learning environments is that I reflect on how to implement and create a meaningful learning environment. One of the main things that I changed was the name of my innovation plan because it was extensive, and now I feel more clearly where I want to take my students. I changed some decorations in the room and began to give value to the students' efforts by placing their work on the wall, and I was able to see the pride they felt when seeing them stuck on the wall. With this activity, the children make an effort to do their jobs better and thus be able to see them as a triumph. The learning approach influenced changing one station for another where students can have a voice and freedom and feel comfortable expressing themselves. If you are free to express your ideas, the station will be "express your ideas" by drawing what you have learned or what you liked most about the story or the class. Having a growth mindset has many long-term benefits, such as having less stress and persevering until you reach the goal.