Educators contribute to the profession.
Educators support, mentor or encourage other educators and those preparing to enter the profession. Educators contribute their expertise to activities offered by their schools, districts, professional organizations, post-secondary institutions or contribute in other ways.
Artifact
This piece of evidence is a station that two of my classmates and I ran at the Ed Expo at Vancouver Island University in March, 2018. We focused on the topic of math anxiety and we included a definition of math anxiety, strategies to help reduce math anxiety, true or false questions, and statistics. We also handed out a take away sheet we found online with tips for reducing math anxiety that we found from the MIND Research Institute (visit http://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/math-anxiety for more information). Finally, we gave our visitors the option of doing a extremely difficult 'Math Minute' worksheet (from http://webmathminute.com) while we timed them to show how some students feel while doing even the most basic math. The tools used for this station were a Elmer's Trifold Poster Board, construction paper, and information from the internet.
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Insights Gained
This experience gave me great insight into the prevalence of math anxiety and how it can affect anyone, even students who excel at math. I was also able to connect with other future and current educators and receive feedback and knowledge about our station. This opportunity was eye-opening about what student's may be feeling and why it is extremely important, as a future educator, to research and learn about student development.
Connection to Teaching Practice
This experience connects to my teaching because I will be able to have some strategies in my toolbox to help my future students who may have math anxiety, or anxiety in other subjects. I will have a deeper understanding of what it means and how to help with it. It will allow me to make decisions about what I will teach and how I can differentiate my lessons to meet all my student's needs. It was also a great opportunity to meet future and current educators and connect with people who may be my colleagues one day. This artifact demonstrates my contribution to the profession through an educational fair at Vancouver Island University and my willingness to support my colleagues.
Artifact
This piece of evidence is an inquiry project I did for my Education class, Principles of Teaching and Learning, at Vancouver Island University. I did my inquiry project on a program called Learning in Depth (LiD). For this first part of this project, I created a blog using Wordpress where I shared my findings with my classmates and professors. For the second part of this project, I created an infographic presentation using Venngage, as a summary of all my blog posts that I presented to my class.
Insights Gained
This project pushed me to use two new programs to demonstrate my learning and share my finding with my colleagues. In addition, I have gained new insights on the Learning in Depth (LiD) program. I have some activities, assessment strategies, and information in my teaching toolkit if I ever decide to use LiD in my future classroom.
Connection to Teaching Practice
After doing this project, I have experience working with two new programs that I can us in the future to share with my colleagues and contribute to the profession. This is especially important since technology is becoming more and more prevalent in our lives. In addition, I now have some resources and information on the Learning in Depth (LiD) program that I am more confident in implementing it in my future teaching practice. This artifact also demonstrates my contribution to the profession and how educators need to support one another in order to provide students with a valuable education.
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The image below is the logo for Learning in Depth (LiD)
Image retrieved from http://ierg.ca/LID/
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"The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other. Without collaboration our growth is limited to our own perspectives"
- Robert John Meehan
- Robert John Meehan