When this course began, I took a lot of things in consideration when choosing a goal to focus on. I thought of my role, the makeup of my classroom, the resources I am given and how I can best achieve my goal. After reviewing the learning outcomes, objectives, and activities in this course, I settled on the course objective number 3 which states: Analyze a physical (e.g., classroom, makerspace) or digital (e.g., learning management system, open-portfolio application) learning space to identify how active learning is both enabled and constrained by the design of the space. This objective matches the PSC-IT and ISTE-E Standard 5.
A specific event in which I tried to enact my goal was during the implementation of my Creative Computing Project. In this project, students learned the basics of computer science by programming on the Code.org website. They were assigned a course that they accessed through Clever. Students learned to create and animate sprites and make them interactive using events. The only materials needed for this project were student laptops and teacher laptop. The teaching context was in a student-centered classroom comprised of small groups. In addition to the aforementioned standard, I addressed the following professional standards (ISTE or the PSC) with this goal:
As an educator, I believe that my most important role is that of a facilitator. Once I have a plan and have designed authentic learner-driven activities as standard 5 explains, my role in the classroom is most impactful when guided by standard 6, as seen above. The Creative Computing Project allowed me to facilitate learning with technology in order to support my students. After considering this event, I think the entire project was a success and the students’ feedback of this project was nothing but positive. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to do something I have never done before and excite students to the possibilities of coding. In the future, I would like to assign additional lessons and find ideas about how to integrate computer science into other subjects, such as reading.
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