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One of the final projects for my second year in the MAET program was to showcase a reflection on how we believe learning happens. We focused on four practices: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, and connectivism. In my classroom, I practice behaviorism through C...

During my second year in the MAET program, we were to find a a resource on leadership. As part of the course, we were to create a 3 minute video that illustrated 3 key points and 3 practical ideas on our leadership resource (hence, 3x3x3). The book that I found is...

As part of my year two experience of my Masters of Arts in Educational Technology program, we began talking about learning spaces as the place where learning takes place. We previously discussed four learning theories (behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, and conn...

Today, as I was running around trying to get my classroom together, I had to stop to make my nail appointment. I couldn't have my nails looking crazy before school started! Let me preface this by saying my nail tech is Black and I love going to her shop. Today, her dau...

Before I chose a career in education, I was on the path to be a mechanical engineer. I had taken numerous Detroit Area Pre College Engineering Program (DAPCEP) classes focusing on engineering. I had attended summer engineering programs at Michigan State University, Uni...

I’ve seen the following picture floating around on Pinterest and really wanted to incorporate this into the first week of school an ice breaker and introduction into learning and growth mindset.

The way school is set up, there is only one correct answer, there are very...

A More Beautiful Question discussed how questions drive us to solve problems. We start with why questions which move us to what if and leads us to how. I found this though process to be very effective when thinking through problems. When working on my Wicked Problem pr...

It is done! My goal was to learn how to refinish a table and I have definitely learned a lot. I learned what to do, like use primer even when painting with a two in one paint and primer, and what not to do, like don’t use Flotrol to avoid brushstrokes - just use a roll...

When I look at my classroom, I see so much potential of what could be done with the space. When I began redesigning, I asked myself a lot of questions. What’s my teaching philosophy? What technology do I want to integrate into my classroom? How can I allow for collabor...

After going through a bunch of design ideas, I came up with light pink with rose gold rose tips, inlay and design. However, the rose gold idea had to be changed since they don’t sell rose gold spray paint, so I decided on gold. I had to use spray paint since metallic p...