Hat’s Off to My Colleagues! You Inspire Me!

This educational journey has provided me with the privilege of working with some innovative colleagues. For some of my colleagues and me, the world of creating blogs was new a new experience that allowed us the opportunity to expand our horizons. There are number of blogs created by my colleagues that provided me with the opportunity to familiarize myself with some new technology, resources, and approaches. Below you will find three of the blogs that I have found particularly beneficial  for my professional practice.

Technology

One of the first blogs for the course required us to identify and learn more about the latest educational and/or technological innovations that enhance learning. Janeal’s blog on Neuroscience and the Adult Learner introduced me to Eyejot. Janeal discussed how she uses this technology to communicate with her online learners. As a result of this introduction, I have also started using Eyejot as a way of communicating with my online learners. 

Resource

  

Elizabeth provided me with some ideas and resources to share with the learners I work with enrolled in the pre-service early educator program. In Elizabeth’s blog Technology a Grandmother Can Love she shared her experience with technology from a grandmother’s perspective. Elizabeth provided her experience with recordable books and Recordable Interview books. From my perspective these are great tools to share with learners that they can in turn use with the young learner in which they encounter.

   

Approach

 

Daphney’s blog investigating the topic of motivation provided me with further understanding of the role of motivation in the learning process. In Daphney’s blog, she asked Can Motivation be Innovative? This blog provided me with some approaches to consider and utilize with respect to developing online learning environments that incorporate the ARC motivational model. I was especially appreciative of the Motivating Learners with Tools and Pedagogy: ARCS Motivational Design and VoiceThread resource she provided.