Thanks, all, for your contributions to my experience and learning, and for an engaging semester! I have learned a lot, and I think that looking back in the future, I will recognize that this course had a transformative influence on my teaching and pedagogy. Here are some of my key take aways from the course:
- science is process, not information
- how to use scaffolding to support and embed inquiry learning activities,
- how to engage students in taking control of their own learning
- how technology can support and sustain a community of learning in the classroom
- why context is essential to engagement and preventing misconceptions
- why and how we need to change our assessment strategies if we want learning to be a process rather than information
- there is a whole virtual world out there that can network to our classrooms to give purpose, context, and engagement to our students
- science has value and our students cannot only network with scientists, but can be scientists and contribute to the greater understanding right from our own classes!
Wishing you blessing for all your future endeavours!
Dave