Spring Semester 2011

TE 803: Professional Roles and Teaching Practices

Professor: Janet Alleman

This was a course that I was required to take during my internship year at Michigan State University. In this course, we discussed how to effectively teach social studies to all types of learners. The entire semester we focused on writing a comprehensive social studies unit that would be taught during our lead teaching time. I wrote a unit on the History of Michigan. During the implementation of this unit, I also conducted a lesson study with my teaching partners to see how effective I was in reaching all types of learners, in my classroom. This course showed me the importance of thinking about all types of learners when creating a lesson and using as many multiple intelligences as possible.

 

TE 804: Reflect and Inquiry Teaching Practice

Professor: Michelle Williams

This was another course that I was required to take during my internship year at Michigan State University. We spent the entire semester creating an inquiry based science unit that would be taught during our lead teaching. We learned the importance of creating and analyzing pre and post assessments and using this data to help create the unit as a whole. I created a Matter unit for my third graders to participate in. I made sure to incorporate many hands on experiments for my students to participate in and also had a journal for students to record their observations and explanations. To end the unit, I collaborated with a first grade intern also teaching matter and we created a lesson where the students worked together to make ice cream.

 

Summer 2013

CEP 810: Teaching Understanding with Technology

Professor: Candace Marcotte and Emily Stone

This was the first online class that I took towards my MAET Master's Degree. We spent the semester learning about the new definition of the word learning. Learning is no longer memorizing facts but building upon what you already know! To prove this point, we spent the semester learning how to do something new only using resources found online. I spent the summer learning how to reupholster a wing back chair. This process proved to me the importance of learning through different lenses. Along the way I also established a Personal Learning Network that helped in the reupholstering process. I used Evernote to help with Getting Things Done both personally and professionally and finally, I created a 21st century lesson plan that was built around the Technology Pedegogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) Model.

 

CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technology to Education

Professor: Bill Marsland and Missy McCarthy

My work from CEP 810 carried right over to CEP 811. We spent the entire semester learning more about TPACK and applying it to our teaching. The major focus of this course was repurposing resources that are already around you. They were called Maker Experiments. We used one specific type of kit as a medium for each experiment. I chose to use Squishy Curciut Kits. We also learned about free online learning opportunities (Ultra Micro MOOCS) and created an outline of a MOOC we would like to create in the future. We ended the course learning about exerience design and how it applies to the lay out of the classroom and how universal design for learning ensures that every students is reached in lessons taught throughout the day.

 

Fall 2013

CEP 800: Learning School and Other Settings

Professor: Danah Henriksen

This course focuses on connecting different learning theories to our teaching. I started the semester by asking a student about his prior knowledge of shadows. I used this information to plan the rest of the unit for my classroom. Next, I created a Technology Survey for my colleagues to participate in. This allowed me to see how everyone person has a different understanding and level of confidence with technology. Finally, I integrated a Vygotsky’s social constructivism theory while teaching a lesson on light, to my students.

 

CEP 812: Applying Educational Technolgy to Practice

Professor: Emily Stone

This course focused on how technology effects students and teachers both inside and outside of school. The major assignment was solving a "Wicked Problem." My group spent many weeks solving the "Wicked Problem," how to reimaagine online learning. We collaborated using Google Docs and Blendspace. The main solution to this "Wicked Problem" was integrating digital gaming into the classroom that would in turn increase student motivation. The final assignment in this course was integrating a new technology in a lesson and evaluating how effective it was using the TPACK model as an evaluation tool. The students in my classroom used an interactive online Carmen SanDiego multiplication math game to enhance their learning of the objectives in the classroom.

 

Spring 2014

CEP 820: Teaching K-12 Students Online

Professor: Anne Heintz, Sandra Sawaya, and Spencer Greenhalgh

This course focused on creating an online or hybrid class that could be used in your classroom. First, I analyzed many Content Managment System (CMS) platforms, I decided that Haiku would be the best CMS for my students. I created a mini force and friction online class, for my third graders, that could be completed in our school's computer lab. Students were able to learn about force and friction both online, through experiments, and through collaboration both online and in person. This course allowed me to gain experience with creating online classes that I plan to use next year in science.

 

CEP 815: Technology and Leadership

Professor: Benjamin Gleason and Joshua Rosenberg

In this course, I learned about how be an educational leader in technology. One of the most eye opening assignments was learning about how they're many different leadership's types and seeing how different leaders respond to different scenrios. For my final project, I focused on Hattie's 6 facors to educational success. I created a Prezi presentation to show what I learned about these factors and how technology brings them together. After taking this course, I now feel I have a better understanding of how to lead a group of people in educational technology.

 

Summer 2014

CEP 807: Capstone Educational Technology

Professor: Matthew Koehler, Spencer Greenhalgh, Joshua Rosenberg, and Brittany Dillman

This was the final course required for my MAET Master's Program. This course required me to create an online portfolio that showcased all of the work that I completed during my time in the MAET program. It also allowed me to reflect on my master's degree experience and my future as an teacher and a learner. This course allowed me to see the power of contructive peer feedback and webdesign.

 

CEP 822: Approaches to Educational Research

Professor: Tatyana Li

I ended my MAET career by completing this course. This course focused on how to effectively analyze educational research. The course allowed me to see the difference between quantitative and qualitative data and how both types of data can be collected, used and analyzed, in a research. The main project in the course was to complete a literature reivew on a topic of choice. This allowed me to research blind education to help me prepare for the upcoming school year. I now feel confident in teaching the blind student that will be entering my classroom! This course has allowed me to see the power of research and how it can effectively be used in the classroom.

 

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