- The connections I made here to other educators that have become an important part of my learning network! Some of us have done projects together, co-presented at workshops, and they are always there to support me on Twitter or in person at workshops. It is an amazing community to be part of and I hope to add some new contacts to my network.
- Hands on learning! Being able to manipulate, test out, and make mistakes with equipment that I can then take back to my class and use with my students is the best way to learn. I can take the time to learn the technology and figure out how it fits into my curriculum.
- Presenting pushes me to put my plan into words and rethink how I am teaching. Especially with the portfolio sessions this time, I am excited to restructure what I will do with my students and put together many different elements that I didn't connect previously.
Along with expanding on these three reasons for being here, one of my biggest goals for this week is : Now that I know what grades I will be teaching this year, I am especially looking forward to finding ways for the activities we do to support learners in my classroom. I want to think about activities that can be scaffolded so that students can work at their own pace with technology as they probably won't be able to work in teams and help each other out as much as when I used this tech pre-pandemic.
Today, most of what we did was review for me. However, I really likes taking the activities outside to see how we can do them in a physically distanced way in the fresh air. I will definitely take those modifications with me. I also met some new educators and have been building my Twitter network with teachers that are also participating in STEAM Days this week.
You can check out some of my learning and reflections on these in the legends under the photos.
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