Electives

SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT

Learning Objective: Each candidate will use computer applications to create an engaging online learning experience aligned with standards, evaluate outcomes with a rubric, and use as a performance assessment for analyzing student learning, providing feedback to students and their parents. (NETS-T 2, 3, & 4) (NBPTS 3, 4)

Based on this objective, I selected my final assignment, a life science HyperDoc lesson, as my signature assignment.

This assignment allowed me the opportunity to study the pedagogy behind the HyperDoc method of lesson delivery. HyperDocs start out with low-level thinking tasks in the Engage and Explore sections. As the students work through the lesson, the level of thinking progresses to the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy.

In this lesson, students learn about significant issues impacting our environment, identify and explain their opinions on these topics and then create a project proposal (video) to apply for a grant to fund a project that will work toward solving the problem. The format of the lesson addresses multiple intelligences by providing learners with access to written content, videos, images, and demonstrations. The final project is completed in a small group where each member will have a specific role, so students will be able to work on a portion of the project that is suited to their skill set and interests.

SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT

For my signature assignment, I choose to include one of my final lesson plans. This lesson plan incorporates what I learned about creating screencasts, using edpuzzle, and creating differentiated activities for students to work on when they come back to class. I know my students will benefit from flipped learning experiences because their instruction will be delivered when they are ready for it. Not when a pacing guide says they should receive it, or when the majority of students in the class are ready to receive it.

Flipped learning provides more opportunities for differentiation and teacher work in small groups. It encourages students to be more responsible for their own learning, and develops their technology skills. I'm so excited to bring this back to my students!

SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT

For my signature assignments, I choose to include my final reflection assignment. for this assignment, we were tasked with creaking either a presentation or document describing effective strategies and ideas for implementation. In this document, I curated ideas and resources that I want to use with my fourth grade students. I will be sharing this document with my grade level team so that we can continue to add, revise, and reference. While some of the other assignments may have been more in depth with specific lesson plans and procedures, this document is my living, go-to document that I will use throughout the year to keep track of what I have done, and what I hope to accomplish with my students. I feel it is my most valuable takeaway form the course.