EDLD+5363+Reflections

EDLD 5363 Reflection

My campus-supervised internship is not going well at this time. Since I did not have a mentor for my internship; other my counselor who was acting as my mentor for the technology portion of this

program, I had no assistance on my internship. I have accepted a new position at another school district and have spoken with the Principal regarding my internship. She has assured me that I will have no

problem getting a mentor for the technology internship for this program. I will be meeting with my new mentor, hopefully shortly after the new school session starts. At that time we will map out a new plan of

action. This class was helpful and gave me some great ideas for how I can use videos in my classes. Will I be teaching senior English and plan to use videos to give the students some background

information on the authors we will be reading in an attempt to increase their understanding. Using videos are a fun way to catch the students’ attention and provide a fun learning experience.

The status of my action research project is stalled at the moment until I can meet with my new mentor and discuss my plans with him/her. What I have done so far is to do some background

research on how to use technology in core classes; primarily Math or Science. However, since I will be changing schools and will have a new technology mentor my research project may change. In the

meantime, I am going to continue with my research plan according to what I have but I may include English in the research since that is the subject I will be teaching. I have learned some new ways to

include technology, especially videos, in the classroom making learning fun and captivating for the students. This will be excellent way to keep students motivated and allow them to take a personal interest

in their learning. When the students’ can take a part in their learning they become more interested in learning. This class has been revealing in the aspect of making videos and I have learned a lot on how to

incorporate video and still images into one video including sound using Audicity. I am excited to begin using what I have learned in my new classes.