Ever since I was little I loved figuring out how things worked. I had a natural thirst for figuring out the WHY and HOW of things, especially my toys. I want to bring out that natural thirst for knowledge in every single one of my students. I wanted to become…
I want you to take a look at this blog [https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/fostering-fun-engaging-students-with-asynchronous-online-learning/] from a friend and colleague in Education in the Counseling program here at CU Denver. She focuses in Fostering Fun and vulnerability. What do you think fun can look like in online learning…
Chapter 1: Part 1- What does it mean to be a STEM teacher.... continued * In the "readings" section, add any interesting readings you have found or learned from your licensure program. * In the "reflections" section add your reflection about what it means to created meaningful units.…
(And making learning visible) A post from the professor. In the first chapter of our STEM OER Text Book, we will explore the why of getting into education. Why are we wanting to be STEM teachers? What do we privilege when we think about our student's learning? How…
An Open Education Resource (OER) around student learning for STEM student teachers. Welcome to STEM Capstone here at CU Denver. In the interest of saving money for students and being able to crowdsource information from talented student teachers, we will be using some resources from the professor as well as…
People probably hear tens of claims being made everyday whether in commercials or in conversations. It is important for them to be able to critically analyze the claims so as to not fall prey to misleading and potentially harmful claims. Part of this analysis is to understand the logic, supported…
Students should get creative with the content. Giving them opportunity to view the content in different ways, engage with it in their own way, and experience it fully will allow them to conceptualize it in their own creative way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Students engage with the content in their own wayVisual representations…
Cognitive Demands: I feel like for the math plan that the cognitive demands don't go very deep. They don't say enough or ask enough. It feels all very one leveled to me, whereas I feel like it needs to be more equitable for all of the…
There are lots of what and how questions in the unit learning goals, but I think what is lacking is more cognitively demanding questions. I would have more open-ended questions and questions contradictory to the standard thinking about earthquakes so that students are challenged to think differently about earthquakes. For…
Learning and understanding happens in many ways but the power of connecting to prior knowledge is powerful. Building on a previous foundation of background knowledge allows for extending it with smaller blocks of new knowledge made more relevant and understandable. When I teach I am always trying activate prior knowledge…
