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    PME 832 Intro

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    The document is a reflection from a teacher enrolled in a master's program. In the first reflection, the teacher discusses places where they feel most connected to others: their family room at home where they chat with distant friends and family, the ice rink where they have played sports and feel part of a team, and their school where they meet people from diverse backgrounds working toward shared goals of learning and teaching. In the second reflection, the teacher provides a 200-word professional bio, introducing their teaching context of 3 years experience in various grade levels and schools, and emphasizing their beliefs in the importance of student connection, individuality, choice and inquiry-based learning.

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    PME 832 Intro

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    The document is a reflection from a teacher enrolled in a master's program. In the first reflection, the teacher discusses places where they feel most connected to others: their family room at home where they chat with distant friends and family, the ice rink where they have played sports and feel part of a team, and their school where they meet people from diverse backgrounds working toward shared goals of learning and teaching. In the second reflection, the teacher provides a 200-word professional bio, introducing their teaching context of 3 years experience in various grade levels and schools, and emphasizing their beliefs in the importance of student connection, individuality, choice and inquiry-based learning.

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    The document is a reflection from a teacher enrolled in a master's program. In the first reflection, the teacher discusses places where they feel most connected to others: their family room at home where they chat with distant friends and family, the ice rink where they have played sports and feel part of a team, and their school where they meet people from diverse backgrounds working toward shared goals of learning and teaching. In the second reflection, the teacher provides a 200-word professional bio, introducing their teaching context of 3 years experience in various grade levels and schools, and emphasizing their beliefs in the importance of student connection, individuality, choice and inquiry-based learning.

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    PME 832 Intro

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    Mackenzie Stevens
    The document is a reflection from a teacher enrolled in a master's program. In the first reflection, the teacher discusses places where they feel most connected to others: their family room at home where they chat with distant friends and family, the ice rink where they have played sports and feel part of a team, and their school where they meet people from diverse backgrounds working toward shared goals of learning and teaching. In the second reflection, the teacher provides a 200-word professional bio, introducing their teaching context of 3 years experience in various grade levels and schools, and emphasizing their beliefs in the importance of student connection, individuality, choice and inquiry-based learning.

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    Please write an email to the instructor briefly outlining how you think the course content

    aligns with your professional context.


    Pose a question or clarify how you think the final assignment will support your daily
    work.
    My professional context is that I am relatively new (2.5 years of experience) classroom
    teacher with a grade 4/5 class in a school in Vancouver. I am still learning and growing
    into who I want to be as a teacher. Personally, I believe the course content aligns well
    with my professional development and from the Queens courses I have taken already
    know that the content and teachings I learn in the courses are directly transferable to my
    own practice. Specifically in terms of the culminating task I think it will support my daily
    work because I will be able to use my lessons and unit plan directly with my students.
    This will offer me more opportunity for feedback and refinement from the students. I
    also think the opposite is true, that my daily work will have a positive effect on my final
    project because I can visualize what will work, what key ideas I need to highlight, and it
    will give me experience I can use when planning my connected classroom program. As
    for now I don’t have any questions about the course but if any come up I will surly reach
    out.
    Thank you
    Mackenzie Stevens

     Reflect on and communicate key learnings from the course.


     Consider how to effectively incorporate connected learning into
    professional practice
     Create a connected classroom program that explicitly and
    appropriately integrates key concepts from the course with personal
    experiences and professional context.
    As a culminating task, you will individually design a connected classroom
    project that you could use with your students.
    You will design an actual set of activities complete with learning objectives,
    instructions, relevant content, and in a final presentation format.
    A successful project or program will include:
     Strong and Authentic connection
     Rich learning that uncovers the curriculum
     Ongoing learning– not a one-time thing
     Theoretically-supported pedagogy
     Technology-Enhanced opportunities
     Feasible design
    You should pay attention to the pedagogic approaches you examined in
    Modules 2 and 3.
    You may choose to present this work as a project or set of activities, or in
    another format.
    It should be designed and presented on a learning platform so that you can
    share your work with your colleagues and inspire others to foster and
    create connections in their own teaching and learning.
    Depending on the scope of your project, at least one ‘unit’ or ‘module’
    should be fully designed and ready for use.
    Part 2:
    Along with your connected classroom plan, please write a rationale
    detailing:
     How the program relates to pedagogical approaches (cite scholarly
    work) and why you chose this approach
     How you decided which digital technologies to incorporate
     Who you could share this work with and how you might share it.
     Discuss your professional growth

    Reflection 1: Discovering the Personal and Professional

    For this activity, you are asked to identify a place in your house, a place in
    your community, and a place in the world that best exemplifies how you
    connect to others. Explain the connections.
    A place in my house that I can connect with others would be my family (tv)
    room. I spend a lot of time with my family and friends in this room. It is a
    space I am comfortable in and can relax. When I feel relaxed I am able to
    communicate the most effectively. I also spend a lot of time on my
    computer chatting and video calling friends that I don’t see in person. I often
    will spend hours talking with friends and relatives online.
    In the community a place that I connect to others would be the ice rink. I
    have played sports my entire life and have grown up with many connections
    coming through sport. This is one of the main reasons I am still playing is the
    connection and competition with others. I find the team environment very
    comforting and a place where I connect with others.
    In the world, is a tough one and one that I have not thought about much. I
    have not done much traveling, so I would define the world as how you
    connect to others that are not in your inner circle or your community. I
    would say that the school I teach at allows me to meet people (colleagues
    and students) that are not in my community and are different than my other
    connections. The school environment facilitates my connections to other
    people from all different backgrounds, but we are all brought together
    under the same goal of learning and teaching.
    Reflection 2: Professional Essence Bio
    Next, write a 200-word professional essence bio. This should include a brief
    overview of your teaching context, and include an excerpt from a teaching
    philosophy, research focus, or key concepts that permeate your teaching.

    I am a teacher in the lower mainland of Vancouver BC. I have taught in the classroom for 3 years now. In
    that short time, I have had many different experiences. These include teaching at a Middle school grades
    5-8, teaching Physical Education, online learning during Covid-19, on call teaching, and for the past two
    years I have taught grade a 4/5 class at two different schools. I am still new to teaching and in the first
    few courses in the master's program so my philosophy and practices are still being shaped, refined and
    honed in.

    Having said that, I strongly believe in a few things. Number one being connection, I value connection to
    my students over everything. They need to feel connected to either the classroom, their teacher, their
    peers and when students feel connected, they can be the best version of themselves. Secondly, I value
    the individuality students bring to a classroom and with that I like to give students choice in their
    learning. This provides a more intrinsic motivation and genuine interest. Lastly, along the lines of choice,
    Inquiry learning is a core pillar in my teaching framework. Inquiry shows students how to learn and
    allows them to show off their learning in many ways.

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