During this class we spent a majority of it grading our peers’ papers, and ourselves. This was a wonderful teaching experience. I only wish that we could have had more time to do more in depth marking. I have done peer assessing in other classes and I thoroughly enjoy the opportunities to practice giving additional feedback in comments. This also gave me multiple perspectives on how my peers viewed the assignment and completed it, they were all different in their own ways with all different approaches. 

Therefore the symbol I want to use for this blog is a start and finish line- this supports the ideas of achievement, but there is always another step after completion or finishing a task. Life is constantly moving, we are constantly trying new things, or completing old things, etc. There is always a next, and whether it is us finishing a Paper, or us starting to mark another’s paper, we are always facing a start and finish hand and hand. To me this is also a beautiful picture that implies growth, comfortability, and stepping out of our comfort zones. All parts of education, and life. 

We also completed a puzzle task about the bigger topic of Visual Learning that was taught to us during this class. This was completely new information to me- I am at another new starting line. This led us to learning about Meta Analysis, which is the study of studies, as well as about standard deviation. There is a relation to apples and oranges, with effect size and how they show this whole idea is not just about apples and oranges but about growth! 

Another thing that was mentioned that I also agree with is the idea of the Key of Visible Learning- “Learning occurs best when teachers see that learning through the eyes of their students, and students see themselves as their own teachers”.

We then finished the class off with a fraction activity. It has been a long time since I have done fractions in this form. While I was answering, it was funny to me how all this information came from the back of my mind without a second thought. It was fun! I got them all right however the activity glitched and I was unable to get a screenshot of it off of my computer. 

Overall, this class had many new starting lines that will grow my experience on my Education journey!

Almarode , J. (2023, June 1). The Visible Learning Research. Visible Learning. https://www.visiblelearning.com/content/visible-learning-research 

Here is a Link to the Visible Learning Website

Visible Learning Link

 

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This is my Updated Professional Dialogue Paper for the ECS 401 course I am taking, click below to read!

Enjoy!

ECS 401 Professional Dialogue- Dialogue Paper

Best, Baylee

During this class we went over some heavy and controversial topics! Growing up, I was told to never talk about Sex, Religion, or Politics. When topics like these are brought up, I tend to be taken out of my comfort zone. I feel like these are conversations that we should be having. The more we talk about them, the more we will be able to address one another with respect and understanding. I love to talk about my opinions and to address my ignorance on the topics I do not know anything or very little about. Part of becoming an Educator and even looking at myself as a human being going through life, being uncomfortable and breaking down your walls is an important part of self growth. Going forward, I feel like, by taking these steps, I am doing my best to be constantly learning and being able to provide a knowledgeable, safe, and inclusive classroom. When we are uncomfortable with what we do not know or understand, how do we change that? We learn. We need to open our minds and hearts to other perspectives, other facts, and do our best to learn in an unbiased way- this way we can teach in an unbiased way. For my symbol for this blog, I have chosen an Earth surrounded by diversity: diverse knowledge, cultures, colours, understandings, and perspective. In order for us to properly feel the past class, we need to understand that we are just one person with our own thoughts, backgrounds, and education. We all make up with the planet and in order to go further, we need to come together. 

We went over a What Is Culture activity in class where we had to talk about and discuss what makes up culture. There were times when the whole class was on the same page, then when we were 50/50 split. This led to very interesting conversations that we came to learn that, these conversations were had by those in the Province. It is hard to have those conversations, yet impactful- we should be encouraged to be having these conversations and learning about these very topics. * see the document below *

Going forward, we participated in a Poll Guru (which is one of my favourite activities in the class). The first Poll Guru was based on how we are doing and how we feel about our assignments with assessing. This further touches on the symbol of all of us being our own individual selves, with our own thoughts and interpretations. 

We also went through the 15 Fixes. The fixes of distortion, for low quality evidence, for bad grade calculations, and to fix support learning * see document below *. These were insightful to read through and work through with my peers. We sorted the items around in the ways that we believed were the most useful to not as useful as fixes. This pushed for conversation between those in my group to discuss how we believe each fix is useful in a classroom. This again proves the importance of my symbol for this blog being about the individuality around the world.

We went over something that I had never heard of before which is the PISA- Programme for International Student Assessment and the PCAP- Pan-Canadian Assessment Program. This is based on assessing students and comparing them in the subjects of: Reading, Science, and Mathematics. This is about all of the individual learners across the Earth, who learn differently across the globe. 

These are areas that we should be acknowledging and analyzing as educators who assess and teach. In order for us to take the next steps, we have to have difficult conversations and be willing to stretch and evolve our own knowledge in the process. 

Thank you for Reading!

Best, Baylee

What is Culture Document

The 15 Fixes

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