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From this page you can navigate to three essays developed on the theme of goals, reflection, and synthesis.
The first essay, The Goal of Engagement, describes difficulties I faced in my first year of teaching. Within the essay I discuss these challenges as well as my initial goals when enrolling in the Master in Educational Technology Program at Michigan State. You can navigate to this essay by clicking here.
In the essay Going to the Woodshed, I forecast where my work at Michigan State University might lead me and suggest future goals for my professional development. To bind these goals together I share a metaphor I learned from a jazz professor in my undergraduate program. You can navigate to this essay by clicking here.
The essay Puzzling it All Together synthesizes the many topics and courses my education at Michigan State covered, and develops a narrative of how they interrelate. At the beginning of my journey it seemed as though each class was an isolated and independent class. As I advanced through the curriculum the interconnection of each course revealed itself forming a cohesive puzzle. You can navigate to this essay by clicking here.
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