As a student in the education department at Indiana University, I have learned that effective well-informed teachers are both designers and researchers. As a student, I have been provided opportunities to engage in both design and research myself. I have been able to use resources such as Piktochart to create Infographics, to create informational tables that represent specific chunks of material in easy-to-read organizational structures for optimal retention. I was able to design this graphic depicting different animal families and the
Incorporating important characteristics of a researcher, I have learned about interactive online books, project-based learning application in the classroom, and different instructional designs. I have also embodied aspects of a researcher by having a student use the W204 lesson that I created on fact and fiction categories of books, and evaluating what aspects of the lesson that I had created would need modification to be more well designed for student use. The multimedia principle of minimizing extraneous load, not overloading the students’ senses and so overwhelming what the student is cognitively able to process, is something that I need to work on. There were portions of the online literature lesson that I created that were overwhelming in the amount of text that was utilized. I tried to use the principle of Universal Design in creating the lesson and so I included audio as well as text for most sections of the lesson, including project instructions. The sheer amount of reading that was required to understand the instructions was overwhelming and would need to be modified for student use. This is a pervasive characteristic of my design, to include too many words and very formal language. In order to design with multimedia principles in mind, I believe using simpler language and bulleted points when providing instructions would be beneficial for learners. My goals to improve my skills as a designer are to minimize wordiness within text for students, keeping language simple and to the point, and using bullet points when it seems appropriate. Also, I would like to improve my skills with creating resources that are engaging and visually appealing for the students the material is being created for, while also striving for Universal Design to Support all Learners. My goals in regard to research within education are to pursue professional development in areas of competency-based learning and assessment including: the benefits and challenges of the design, real-life examples of how this is carried out within the classroom, and accommodations for learners with special needs. As a future educator, I would like to deliberately reflect on teaching practice within my service-learning, student teaching, and future teaching experiences: daily, weekly, quarterly, and yearly, to look back on which teaching practices lead to better outcomes for student learning. Related Videos
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AuthorHello, I am Katrina Stancombe, a senior at Indiana University finishing up an Elementary Education Degree with an additional license in Blended and Online Learning. Archives
December 2022
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