I am a special education teacher for math 6 (middle school), I co-teach in an inclusion classroom along with three different general education teachers. Not only do I get to work with the students that have disabilities, I work with all students (most times, it's general education students that require the extra help!). I'm passionate about working with students with disabilities and teaching math, so I love my job (except for the paperwork...I don't love the paperwork).
I am a student myself in George Manson University's Designing Digital Learning (DDLS or DooDLeS 😊) master's degree program. I'm in a cohort, so like I will be talking about in my blog, I participate in a community of practice. Which is perfect because for my online summer course, I am learning about Designing for Community Participation. In my blog, I will be sharing what I have learned about how participating in communities, both online and in person, can enhance student learning in grades K-12.
Also in my blog, I will also be sharing what I have learned about coding and robotics through Samuel Papert's book, Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. I have had some experience during my last semester class with both coding and robotics; I'm excited to explore them both further, so stay turned....
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Omg, we all hate the paperwork!! Lol. You know how I feel about coding...But a good defense starts with a strong offense, so I hope to learn from your blog and gain some insights to help defend our language programs while still allowing students to develop problem solving skills associated with coding. And robots are generally awesome, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura! I did love coding when we did it in class, but I agree with you on how our language programs are taking a backseat. I have always been so impressed with people that can speak multiple languages (3 years of high school Spanish, and I remember only un pequeno! LOL). And don't you think that there is a lot of problem solving when learning another language: verb tenses, articles, etc...?
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