the final week...

I will admit that I was unsure about this class, I didn’t think there was one like this in the degree I had chosen, and suddenly here it was. I did learn something from this; I learned that the questions I have, the questions that others have towards the problems they face in their campus and classrooms others have asked them, on the same or higher level than I have. It’s great to know that with a question and a process I can possibly make a difference at my campus, as beginning teacher with the look of a freshman, I know with the right presentations I can cause more than a change in my classroom and the programs my students feed into at the vocational school. I hope with this and continued studying of action research I can do more than simply use the real world, and those that work in it to try and push it on the administration as needed, it’s something that others need to know, and see outside of me.

wk 4 reflections

Who is the site supervisor?
I have yet to meet this elusive fellow, but I am told they do exist, still does anyone know?
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Help please.....

So far, technology and it's use in education should be something that will help someone exceed. Not in the manner of a word program or learning to create a power point presentation with an excel sheet. That's something taught in training for a job, what I want to see is technology being used to it's maximum potential for a student. There should be engineering programs, animation, adobe, sound engineering. Things students will see later on in the higher education fields. I's hard to write what i want to say, but a student with a computer and a student without isn't detrimental to education, a student with a computer is more than likely doing something not very educational friendly, unless there pushed.

for example, in high school the video tech teacher let us play with animation,sound engineering and video editing equipment. it was amazing that we were taught to use these programs, it helped us we created short films, basic(talking shapes) animation for opening credits for the school news and soundtracks, that helped us more than learning to use excel.

Than there's this, a student needs a computer to speak for them, no one will provide it. A campus has a computer lab, that is rarely allowed to be used. A teacher wants to use a computer program to enhance an understanding of balancing a checkbook and understanding of loans, by having her students rent their seats from her. she's denied this because there is no computers available for her to use this, there is no care for this. I see this from the perspective of a student and a teacher in a school that is labeled as high-risk.

wk 3 reflections

While this is remarkably late, I have learned something of great importance, it is difficult to create an action research plan. When you think of an idea and plan it out, even when looking at different examples and templates, it's difficult. You have an idea, you know what you want to ask and know. you just don't know how to say it, you repeat it to others and have them give you feed back, some do and others leave you simply staring at your working and nonworking school email account wondering, am I doing this right?

wk 2 reflections

The more I hear about data driven education and the effect of effective and ineffective teachers to student achievement the more I begin to wonder about the data, and how it's used. For some the data is only part of the student, there are environmental factors that effect the students learning or ability in the classroom. From those that want to learn and then those that don't care about school and plan to drop out. To others it's only the data that matters. It's sometimes confusing to me, but hopefully after awhile I'll understand. Thankfully I'm not a core class, not that it means I don't try my hardest to provide the best education for my students, for the ones that will continue in art and those who are simply there.