ED 738 Educational Blog

Analyst Reflection What are your thoughts on this standard and how will you address it in your class? What will you use and what are some things you will do? ISTE Standard 2.7 is Analyst. This standard means that educators understand and use data to drive instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals. This standard is critical because it provides educators with the resources to help guide their classrooms. I will address this standard by providing alternative ways that students can demonstrate competency in a skill. This includes having different options with formative and summative assessments. For student reflection, I suggest that students do blog posts, reflection journals, podcasts, or portfolios. For alternative assignments that would be used as a summative assessment, students could have the option to do projects, presentations, or other ways to show mastery besides an exam or written paper. Having different options and alternative assignments will best help...

Reflect on the impact of the project on students' learning experiences and engagement levels. How did the project empower students to take ownership of their learning? Dr. Johnson presented an extremely open-ended project. She asked the students to identify a real-world problem within their community and propose possible solutions. By doing this, she gives them options to select a real-world problem that interests them. She allows them to choose a topic they care about instead of an assignment where everyone has to write about the same thing. They get to decide what platforms to use and what subjects to research. This will help them to think deeper and not just go through the motions. By having students work in groups, she is helping to teach them communication and collaboration. This will also make them more engaged in the project because each person will need to contribute for it to succeed. Giving the students free rein to choose their own topic  empowers them to take ownership ...

Open Educational Resources, or OER, are free intellectual resources available to the public. It includes complete courses, modules, textbooks, videos, and materials. Having these materials open to the public is highly beneficial. It is a way that can support advancing knowledge, helps schools, and is cost-effective. It is crucial that we have these resources available because they can help guide the classroom and give access to resources to support a lesson or make it more interactive and exciting. One of the resources that I found helpful was Khan Academy. This source helped me study for the ACT and SATs during high school. They also offer free courses for other study materials. There are so many different resources available as well. An article from Pace University states that one of the benefits of OERs students had better grades and lower failure rates than students that did not use OER. Using Open Educational Resources is beneficial for the classroom and students individually....