Listening to your students and Technology.

Hi colleagues, I was pleasantly surprised by the turn of events that transpired in our last session. Two things happened that gave me a sense of hope. The first had to do with the rate at which we were going and the second to do with the assessment rubric for the lesson plans. The rate at which we were going in our labs left me breathless. Most days I caught some parts of the lesson but needed more time for supervised practice. Other students had the same problem as myself.
When Cherisse told us that we were going to have that supervised time to practice and work on our technology for our lesson plans there was and audible sigh of relief from the class. How would we have been able to complete our assignment to a high standard.

This leads me to the second point, the way in which students discussed another issue that will affect us in a negative way if nothing is done about it. We have a definite concern about the scales on the assessment rubric, the movement from 6-3-0. There is not much movement there. What about, if your work just fell just under 6, would you be assigned a mark of 3? Would that be fair to the student? Where are the in between marks to cater for such an eventuality? This needs to be addressed.

I would like to humbly suggest that supervised practice time in the lab sessions become a part of the design feature of this course in the future. What do you think? Success builds success. Listening to students and addressing their issues is key to their learning and emotional wellbeing. Are their implications for our own classrooms? Do we listen to our students when they reach out to us?

Looking forward to next class! Blessings.