One of the greatest features that I have valued so far in this program has been accepting and appreciating all of my cohort family. In other words, admiring all of the diverse backgrounds and ideas they all bring to the table. I have been expressive in the past on how much I have relied on them because most of my work has been created because of their suggestions, feedback and ideas I hear from them in class sessions, emails, text messages or phone calls. I truly believe that I promote this in my classroom as my students bring a very wide range of diverse ideas when it comes to doing math. And I think that is a beautiful thing. But at the same time it can be really challenging for me as a teacher to be able to teach and support every single student. And that is where my driving questions comes in to play. Therefore, I do plan to share my capstone with colleagues and friends. Is it going to be the best capstone? Maybe not but I do plan to make it as best as I can possibly make it in order for my message to get across on how important it is to support ELL’s and how important their education is to our communities.
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I remember being introduced to TPACK for the first time in our first semester of this program. It was a new concept for me as it brought technology, pedagogy and content knowledge into one. I believe that most teachers do this without knowing that we are TPACK-ing out lessons. But when it was presented to us it helped me understand how to better integrate the three concepts in a more smooth and efficient way for my students. I find myself looking at old lesson plans and knowing that I will be re-teaching those again soon, but now instead of just teaching them I try to find ways of integrating tech tools in those lessons of tools we have been exposed to in this program. I do feel I need more practice when modifying or creating lesson plans around TPACK. Luckily I have colleagues who are open to try new things as well and we always try to bounce off ideas on how to get students engaged in Math. That is probably one of the biggest challenges right now.
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