Standard 2.2 - Research-Based Learner-Centered Strategies
Candidates model and facilitate the use of research-based, learner-centered strategies addressing the diversity of all students. (PSC 2.2/ISTE 2b)
Artifact : ELL Report
The ELL Report details a field experience, with a student named John, during my ITEC 7430 class. During the field experience, I took my high school neighbor John and his family to Fernbank. He and his younger siblings are highly motivated to escape poverty, and I try to provide new opportunities for them that they would otherwise not experience.
The class module helped me prepare by going through the IRIS center module. The IRIS center module and our historical relationship as my neighbor helped me to be confident about modeling and facilitating to address the needs of diverse students. Fernbank is a hands on, researched based, and learner centered natural history museum in the heart of Atlanta. Having been to Fernbank multiple times, I did not read every plaque or sign to them. Instead, I let them gravitate to their interests, and I enjoyed facilitating John and his family through the museum. They seemed very eager to learn, especially since they were already very interested in math and science.
Before taking John and his family to Fernbank, I knew that experience was an important factor for a student’s education, goal setting, and future. What I learned from the trip was that experience is truly the greatest teacher. They left with more questions than answers, and the excitement from the trip stayed with them. When I take them on another trip in the Spring of 2017, I will be sure to find an event that allows more Q&A time with an expert. John will be a Junior in high school next year, and having an expert on hand will help him focus on how his interests translate into a career.
The ELL Report had the greatest impact on student learning. What John and his siblings encountered was a day full of firsts. They experienced their first dinosaur skeletons, deep sea creatures, geology of Georgia, IMAX movie, holding snakes and reptiles, science experiments by local high school students, and exhibitions from across the globe. Motivation, engagement, and enthusiasm are invisible traits that can have a dramatic impact on student achievement, and John and his siblings ended the day with a renewed thirst to learn and explore the world around them.
The ELL Report details a field experience, with a student named John, during my ITEC 7430 class. During the field experience, I took my high school neighbor John and his family to Fernbank. He and his younger siblings are highly motivated to escape poverty, and I try to provide new opportunities for them that they would otherwise not experience.
The class module helped me prepare by going through the IRIS center module. The IRIS center module and our historical relationship as my neighbor helped me to be confident about modeling and facilitating to address the needs of diverse students. Fernbank is a hands on, researched based, and learner centered natural history museum in the heart of Atlanta. Having been to Fernbank multiple times, I did not read every plaque or sign to them. Instead, I let them gravitate to their interests, and I enjoyed facilitating John and his family through the museum. They seemed very eager to learn, especially since they were already very interested in math and science.
Before taking John and his family to Fernbank, I knew that experience was an important factor for a student’s education, goal setting, and future. What I learned from the trip was that experience is truly the greatest teacher. They left with more questions than answers, and the excitement from the trip stayed with them. When I take them on another trip in the Spring of 2017, I will be sure to find an event that allows more Q&A time with an expert. John will be a Junior in high school next year, and having an expert on hand will help him focus on how his interests translate into a career.
The ELL Report had the greatest impact on student learning. What John and his siblings encountered was a day full of firsts. They experienced their first dinosaur skeletons, deep sea creatures, geology of Georgia, IMAX movie, holding snakes and reptiles, science experiments by local high school students, and exhibitions from across the globe. Motivation, engagement, and enthusiasm are invisible traits that can have a dramatic impact on student achievement, and John and his siblings ended the day with a renewed thirst to learn and explore the world around them.