Week 7 Reflection
Podcasts
This week we were encouraged to play with and find interesting audio podcasts. I have never listened to any podcasts before so this was new for me; my husband and one of his buddies do a podcast on Magic the Gathering but I can’t say I have ever wanted to listen to that one. After searching around and listening to a few, I quickly realized I have a short attention span when it comes to just listening. I guess I am not much of an auditory learner. I did however find a perfect podcast to use with my students called 60 Second Science where they do a minute on a topic that deals with science. I could use this if I finished up early with a class and ask them a question about it for a ticket out the door. I could also play relevant ones as we take notes to help break up the writing. The other podcast I listened to was called Tech Chick Tips; I loved their slogan “Two Texas Chicks who love technology and the digital lifestyle”. Both are teachers who are hoping to encourage other educators to use technology in their teaching.
Short and informative 60 second blurb about a variety of science topics. Find out about the world’s smallest frog, getting kids to eat more vegetables, or how long it takes to travel around the sun.
The “chicks” offer tips and tricks on how to use specific technology in the classroom and provide tons of websites with ideas like teaching from Angry Birds or information on cyberbullying. Although I may not listen to their 40 minute podcasts I will be checking back to their blog for their variety of websites.
Chapter 14 The Development and Evolution of HPI
HPI or Human Performance Improvement is a vision to “achieve, through people, increasingly successful accomplishments that are valued by all organizational stakeholders”. (pg.135) After reading the chapter, I feel you could easily use this vision to improve any human performance in any occupation. It seems to be a pretty common sense idea that just needs support to make it happen. At my school, I am expected to teach 7th grade South Carolina science standards to my 7th grade students. I receive support through my professional learning community(PLC), resources, administration, and district professional development. I have a large group of people who I can rely on to help me make sure I am providing the best education possible for my students. My colleagues are also expected to teach their standards and we try and make as many cross curricular connections as possible. I feel that everyone at the school is working towards a common goal of preparing the students to become successful people and lifelong learners. The chapter stresses how important it is to have the stakeholders take value in these goals and this is where education seems lacking. Our students can take value in their education and of course their teachers do but having parents take value can sometimes be difficult. Many students succeed without the support but too many are failing without it. My school works hard to provide opportunities for parents to be a part of their child’s education and teacher’s are constantly calling home and setting up conferences but some parents seem unreachable. If we want to see our students’ performance improve it is going to take hard work from all involved including the student.
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