I’m getting better and better at these self-reflections. I am getting more comfortable with being non-judgemental with myself on my coursework. I am proud of the work that I have been putting in and the amount of time I have been working on my assignments. I still am a bit hard on myself, but I feel more confident in being a self-directed learner in this program. I am beginning to be able to recognize where I am strong as a learner as well as where I need to improve. After careful consideration, I believe that I really do deserve a 97 out of 100 for the EDLD 5315 course as well as a 97 out of 100 for the EDLD 5317 course (see below for additional information for this course).
Here is how I justify my decision:.
My key contributions:
How I can improve (I always start here)... The one thing that I can ALWAYS improve on is my procrastination. I am notorious for waiting until the very last minute to do things in everything I do. I wait to get my lesson plans done and to complete PD for work. My grad degree work is no different, although I have DEFINITELY improved a lot. I did not wait until the last weekend to complete all of my discussions (I kept up quite well). I even responded in a timely manner in many instances. It was a bit more difficult navigating this new Blackboard though, so I may have missed a couple of things. I responded to my peer group when they posted as well. There were a few times I had to go back to find their posts.
Things I feel confident I did well (although I can ALWAYS improve)... I did an even better job this time keeping up with the class meeting times. I only watched a couple of live lessons due to the fact that Tuesday nights are my busiest nights of the week. My daughter is in FFA and Tuesdays are the days that they do swine drives (right at the same exact time of class zooms). I do, however, watch them the very next day and take my notes.
I even printed a calendar this time and wrote all of the due dates so I was much more prepared this time!
I always respond to my peers in a positive, and respectful way. I discussed and shared resources and information daily with them.
Other key contributions...
I continued to collaborate with 2 different groups on a daily basis. I was part of a larger group of students through Groupme, some of whom I feel that I became close with. Our group has grown to a group of 25 different members that collaborate daily. There are a handful of us (me, Karin, Jas, Andrea, Andrei, Kelven, Ileana, Kim, Pedro, Rachel, and Stephen) that collaborated on a regular basis (even on the weekends). We provided feedback to each other, and supported each other.
My smaller collaboration group was based on our innovation ideas. Kelven Wilson (https://kelvenwilson.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/contribution-to-learning-and-reflection/)and Andrei Dobrodumov (https://dobrodumov.wixsite.com/website). This semester we added two more colleagues to our collaboration group: Andrea Harrell https://merceharrell.com/ and Danielle Lopez https://daniellelopez058.wixsite.com/my-site/. The five of us shared some resources, collaborated about blended learning in our classrooms, and were there to help when the others needed us.
I have read all of the required readings, watched all of the videos, and met all of the deadlines.
Supporting Contributions...
I participated in all discussion posts and collaboration discussions outside of class.
I posted some of my discussion posts early in the class. I responded to my smaller peer group’s discussion posts as well as talked about some of the things outside of class through our text group.
I feel comfortable with my use of APA in my posts and assignments.
I joined or watched all of the meetings with the professors.
These classes have forced me to become a better thinker, learner, and teacher! I am so glad I chose this degree! One more semester to go!!!
**For 5317- My smaller group and I exchanged rough drafts for feedback and feedforward. We worked together to create a rubric for each other to grade our peers' drafts. Based on the scores I received from my peers, I got a 48 out of 50. I needed to add a bit more to my draft to help it to read better and not quite so stiff. I took the advice I was given and rewrote it prior to adding it to my eportfolio. I also responded to the people in my smaller peer group in the discussion boards as instructed. there were a couple of times that I was unable to respond right away, however, I went back and made sure I responded to them.
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