Spring 2013 |
TE 803 - Professional Roles and Teaching Practice II
Instructor: Iwan Syahril This course was a continuation of TE 801 from Fall Semester 2012 and took took place during my student teaching placement. In TE 801 & 803 we studied, practiced and reflected on a lot of various teaching strategies and scenarios. I recorded myself teaching and practiced my “teacher moves”. This class also had us practice strategies on a “focus class” from our student teaching placement that we would work with exclusively all year. TE 804 - Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice II Instructors: David Davenport & Sally Warner This course was a continuation of TE 802 from Fall Semester 2012. This course took place during my student teaching and was a content area specific course. Everyone in this section was a language teacher. In this course we had field observations from our instructors to watch us teach a lesson we developed in class on a specific language topic or idea. The same “focus class” from TE 803 was where we did a lot of practicing and teaching of our new lessons. |
Spring 2019 |
TE 846 - Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners
Instructor: Shannon Prince This course focused on best practices for teaching and developing literacy in students. In this course I evaluated a struggling reader in one of my classes and subsequently completed a case study analysis using different methods to help improve their reading and comprehension abilities. In class discussion we also explored, shared and evaluated different resources for teaching literacy and making it accessible for students. |
Summer 2019 |
CEP 810 - Teaching for Understanding with Technology
CEP 811 - Adapting Innovative Technologies to Education CEP 812 - Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice Instructor: Kyle Shack CEP 810, 811 and 812 were all part of the Summer 2019 Hybrid Cohort Year 1 classes. They functioned together as one large class. Our main focus was discovering the theory of TPACK and how good teaching involves the intersection of technology knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and content knowledge (all based within a learner’s given context. We did a micro teach lesson where we had to develop an idea with a technological tool. We also redefined what technology stands for. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a computer or an electronic tool. As a class, we developed a Hybrid year 1 website. I also worked on my Wicked Problem Project about teacher burnout with fellow classmates. We did research and surveyed teachers to find out why people were burning out in our profession so early on. In class, the basis of our reading and discussions came from “A More Beautiful Question” which I found interesting because it posed how asking the questions of “why?/how?” are not as annoying as we may think and can lead to good discussions and solutions to problems. |
Summer 2020 |
CEP 815 - Technology and Leadership
Instructors: Kyle Shack & Candace Robertson Technology and Leadership had us gradually view leadership from a tiny scope to a much larger field. We started with a discussion about the different characteristics of leaders vs. managers. As we expanded our views on leadership, it was easy to see how leadership could directly affect us, then our communities and then education on a broader scale. We learned about instrumental thinking vs. missional thinking and how to implement missional thinking plans. Our big project for this course was working on how to shape and craft a long term vision involving education and what steps we would need to take to implement the plan. We developed a missional statement that subsequently transitioned into a global vision. This course used a lot of non-education resources which was refreshing and really cemented different leadership can look in different fields and not just within the realm of education. CEP 800 - Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings Instructors: Dr. Ronald Houtman, Kyle Shack & Dr. Christopher Sloan This course explored different ideas big behind learning. Some important takeaways that I had were that there isn’t any sound research to support the idea behind learning styles and behaviorism and observational learning confirm that people can learn by doing, but that doesn't always ensure that they will do it. Emotions and environment can play large factors in how people learn. Ultimately, successful learning came back to building relationships and interacting with one another. We also looked at how forming habits can inform and influence learning and tracked our own new habit to see how it developed. CEP 822 - Approaches to Educational Research Instructors: Dr. E. David Wong & Ming Lei This course focused on how to evaluate resources and research to use for a formal research review paper. We explored how to choose and narrow down a topic and craft a research question and then find works and data to tie into our claims. I chose to research the topic of second language acquisition and if it was positively impacted by a study abroad experience. I found that it was, but not necessarily as impactful an experience for language learners as I thought it would be. A secondary portion of this course also focused on evaluating, understanding and interpreting datasets and completing calculations in Excel. |
Fall 2020 |
CEP 807 - Capstone in Educational Technology
Instructors: Dr. Matthew Koehler & Aric Gaunt This is the final course in my master's degree. In capstone class, the main objective is to build a portfolio that encompasses all the work and ideas that have been created throughout the degree program. In addition to curating our resources from across our program in a central 'showcase' location, we also create and craft a three pieces of flair to provide context for portfolio and give more information on ourselves as educators and professionals. I created an about me page, a page focused on my travel experiences with students and an educational technology tools page. In addition to pieces of flair, three essays embedded with multimedia are also written that reflect on our program goals, set new professional goals for the future and summarize our entire master's experience. |