Upon review of my earlier theory of learning that I wrote for this particular course, I would not say there would be much that I would change or revise in that theory. I believe that my instruction should by wholly student centered and that I should focus all my efforts in creating lesson plans that are highly engaging and effective in student learning.
I did learn a new set of ‘tricks of the trade’ that I would love to share with my students while taking this particular Walden course. From this course, I would love to have my students use the VoiceThread online application tool. I really can envision using the video capability of this particular tool to provide sample mathematical homework solutions to the students while the students could provide feedback to me with their own questions and comments all remotely from home. This would be a great goal of mine to complete hopefully one full VoiceThread per month of instruction for the first academic year, and increase that output to at least two full submissions every week by the fifth academic year.
Another tool that I aim to use with my students is the online concept-mapping tool. Quite often my students struggle in developing a concrete main idea that is supported by tangible facts and ideas, simply because they cannot organize their thought process. With my alternative final assessment projects I can use this tool to aid my students get over the initial hump of organization block. It is my goal to implement this tool with one of my projects with the first academic year, and to increase that output to all my projects that I complete with my students by the fifth academic year.
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