Takeaways from EDUC 630

 

Hello everyone! Today we’re going to talk about some takeaways from the class. So, the two major categories that I have takeaways from were the games in the classroom section and data collection section. So, for games in the classroom, while obviously I was aware that we still need to manage the classroom well, but it was kind of a reminder, I guess, that it is very important to remember. While we enjoy having fun in the classroom, our students enjoy having fun in the classroom, we still need manage the classroom and make sure that we are not so focused on competition or winning in the games that we’re having in the classroom that we get distracted from the learning. And the fact that students need to know what they are to be learning, it seems obvious, but it just kind of was another one of those “aha!” Yes, I need to be sure to remember to focus on that when preparing games in the classroom as well as to make sure that we’re staying on topic. Whatever games we have that they’re still going to be reviewing, be going over the content, the standards that we’re supposed to be reviewing, performance objectives, whatever they’re called in our particular classroom. So, those were the games in the classroom section points that I’m going to take with me from this class.

For data collection, it was particularly honed in for me on the fact that students can track their own progress as well. So, right now, I am the training records person for the department. So, I track everything for everyone, and the thought that students can actually track some of their own progress was really kind of a key factor to me because that’s something that I think I could maybe start to implement in the department. As well as the fact that my department is severely lacking in data collection from in-person classes. That is another thing that is a takeaway for me, a challenge for me to work on as I’m also the primary person that lesson plans go through to be approved to be taught. So, for me to work on pushing for actually having more data collection points that we can use for that. So, that’s kind of a brief summary of my takeaways from the class.