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<\/p>\nFor me, firsts are difficult. The first day of a new school year always makes me nervous. Meeting someone new for the first time can be intimidating. Writing my first blog post about my work with Cohort 21 has been much the same, despite my excitement about how this experience will help me focus my professional goals and how interesting and helpful I have found my peers’ blogs to be.<\/p>\n
So in the name of fighting inertia (knowing I’ve got some of the best educators on my team), here we go!<\/p>\n
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I know I want to explore using technology to improve my use of assessment as learning. I’ve been experimenting with reflection over the last year and loving what I hear from my students. They are opening up about their test anxiety, letting me know about their difficulties studying and showing their pride when they are able to improve their results. Currently, this is all done with paper and pencil, partly because of the fact that they do test corrections and reflection as a single assignment,\u00a0and math is just easier to write by hand. I feel like there’s a way to make the process easier for both me and my students and perhaps even engage a few more of them in making the experience more authentic.<\/p>\n
Although I have some ideas about what\u00a0I want to begin exploring,\u00a0I need help. I don’t want technology that will add nothing to the process. I’m not looking for shiny and sparkly ed tech. I want value in terms of engaging my students, making the process more efficient or improving the depth of their reflection. No biggie, right?<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing happens until something moves.\u201d
\n\u2015 Albert Einstein<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI would love to hear what some of you may have tried to integrate technology into reflection. Thanks in advance for helping me to get something moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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