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
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