Interviewing skills that are applicable to any interview situation.
To be used in EED406 Module 4, "The Novice Teacher", in which candidates examine issues in transitioning from student teacher to initially-certified teacher.
List of professional associations that offer membership to educators.
This list will be used as an EED406 Module 4, "Novice Teacher" resource for candidates to consult in preparation for interviews or for membership.
Data charts that indicate hiring preferences and practices of Illinois state principals.
To be used in EED406 Module 4 "Novice Teacher" to provide basis for interview preparation.
Great advice! I have a hard time sometimes with this, because there's part of me that also wants to design it for someone who not only hasn't taken an online course, but perhaps isn't very tech savvy :-)
I must find a balance, however, in order to complete the necessary tasks well so I can savor the doing of those that have salience.
I need to find balance myself. I think the only reason the way I'm doing things right now is ok is because I live alone. I will eventually have a family, and I want to be an online instructor...I will certainly need to figure this out!
This is a HUGE difference I notice between Alex and other instructors. She has definitely built her social presence with me this way. Her podcast on my learning activities was an eye opener for me. It made me feel so good that she had ACTUALLY looked at my work! I have often wondered if other teachers REALLY did that.
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Reflecting on the online course design process, I realize I have made a tremendous transition from first-time student to instructor in the space of one semester. What I have learned about myself is that I have an affinity for designing in the online environment.
I am technology-proficient.
While I am not yet a full technophile, I am surely no longer a technophobe!
I so deeply enjoyed the reading and studying portion of this course … it opened a new world of theory to me, made more exciting by the historic proximity of the leading researchers in the field.
I kept telling myself, “You need the experience if you want to be an instructional designer!”
So, reflection has proven its worth yet again: reflecting on my work in designing EED406 thus far is proof that research-based best practice works.
discussion is the heart of online learning.
students’ learning is demonstrated through the vehicle of discussion.
blog posts are personalized records of learning, thinking, and being.
It is not about what the instructor wants to hear, it is about hearing the student’s articulation of what is being learned that is essential to evaluating the content of a blog post.
Through trying to be “fearless” about using technology, as Alex advises, I have come to learn that confidence is something that one must exercise in all spheres of the online environment.
we can not help but to teach when we learn and to learn when we teach.
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” This is certainly true of discussion forum. We learn with and for each other: as you learn, I learn.
I have spent my academic life I believing that I have to ‘go it alone’, since I walked home from school alone the first day of first grade. Strangely, this course, in which I spend so much time alone, is teaching me that I don’t.
It causes me to reflect on the similarities between online and physical communities, something I had not thought of before. Could it be that we really are, slowly and steadily, growing into a genuine community?
I am a student whose understanding of connectivism and heutagogy is being developed experientially through taking this course.
Teaching presence also involves anticipating students’ needs based on monitoring progress and being ready to find that perfect something to support the student’s learning.
(Think Twitter, Irene!)
complaints, above, I think about the layout of the course; if it’s too many clicks away or the explanations aren’t clear, students become anxious, lose interest, and possibly
I just finished what may be my last discussion post for ETAP640. As I went through the post process, I was cognizant of each step: read your classmates’ posts; respond to something that resonates within you; teach (us) something by locating and sharing resources that support your thinking; include the thinking and experiences of classmates; offer your opinion on what you are sharing; cite your resources for the benefit of all; tag your resources logically.