It has been far too long since I have written for my blog. What follows is a post that I had initially started in October 2016, but never got around to finishing. This was partly because I was busy and partly because what was expected to take about six to eight weeks, actually took far longer than that.
There has always been a hands on element to my Marine Biology classes, but this past school year (2016-2017) I tried to make a bigger shift. I feel that there will always be an element of information presenting, but I have been trying to cut back on the volume of information that students need to "know." I don't want students doing independent research all the time and I'm not sure that I want to launch completely into project based learning (PBL). So now I'm somewhere in the middle. Looking for meaningful activities that can supplement and reinforce the general topics we are covering. It would be great to develop these types of things outside of the school year, but that never works out the way that I would like it to and, whenever I try activities out on my own, they always work differently when I try to do them with students in class.
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I have thought about blogging for myself for quite some time. Many years, in fact. I've heard about the benefits of using this method to reflect on professional life in an organized and open manner, but had never actually gotten around to it. Well, this my blog and this is me reflecting. My focus this time around will be on student blogs.
The goal behind this type of activity is similar for students as it can be for adults. Students get the opportunity to reflect on what they have learned and apply that knowledge to different situations. It also can help to develop critical thinking and an awareness of the important qualities of digital citizenship. |
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