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Research Outline
This paper will analyze how to analyze differentiated instruction through the need, process, and drawbacks from implementing blended learning during a class through the means of station rotation in order to incorporate differentiation of instruction with the goal of meeting the needs of all students in the heterogeneous educational…
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Publication Outline
In just a few months, I will graduate with my masters degree, and with that comes the responsibility to share with others and help them learn. I plan to share the knowledge I have gained and hope that others will benefit from this knowledge. I hope that my learned…
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Creating Significant Learning Environments
In learning how to create significant learning environments, I realized that backwards planning is the most effective way to design a course. I have always considered what it is I wanted my learners to have when they part with me at the end of a training session. By starting…
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Time to Grow and Learn
When I first heard about the growth mindset this past Fall, I thought that it was missing something. In my research to learn more, I stumbled upon Duckworth’s Grit Theory and immediately felt that this was the critical missing part. Yet as time went on and I deployed these…
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Implementing Professional Learning
Research has shown that professional learning requires 5 key characteristics to create change. All too often, people who lead these courses fall back to the comfortable method of the sit and get model, negating the very lessons they are trying to impart. In the current century, it is time to…
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Contribution to Your Learning
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci Contributions The members of my core group are: Tania Barrientos, Angel Crittend, and Sara Eder Self-Assessment Grade I was extremely active in my core group, consistently submitted my assignments on time, and took care to ensure all information was included.…
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UbD Design
As I crafted my UbD, I kept thinking about the Fink 3-column table I made in my last assignment. The goal of both of these lesson planning strategies is to have the teacher make decisions that will allow the students to connect the dots instead of collecting the dots.…
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Planning the Professional Development
All too often, teachers are subjected to sit’n’get learning that is frowned upon in the classroom. According to David Phillips (2014), people learn more when engaged and when stimulation is purposeful, meaningful, and direct. Yet, teachers are subjected to walls of text and excessive amounts of clever imagery to…
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Aligning Outcomes, Assessment and Activities
Most people take a vacation by thinking about what they would like to experience on vacation. The vast majority of people do not hop in a car and just pick a direction, start driving, and hope for the time of their life. “By failing to plan, you are preparing…
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Call to Action
“Insanity in individuals is something rare—but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.” (Nietzsche, 2014) After fourteen years the current model of professional development has still not changed significantly. Educators are given exciting ideas to implement, but translating those new concepts to the classroom…
