Glenns ePortfolio Executive Summary Highlights and Points of

Glenn’s e-Portfolio Executive Summary Highlights and Points of Focus

Introduction Purpose: To reflect on my practice in light of my development in the MET program. Objective: To make learning more effective for all students and to make best use of technology to facilitate this learning.

Introduction Audience: Myself, my MET instructors, my peers in the MET program, interested colleagues and students. Focus: Implementing a peer instruction teaching strategy using “clickers”.

Bridging the Knowledge Gap Development and implementation of an instructional strategy follows a careful design process analogous to the stages of bridge building: Preparation Foundation Framework Spanning the Gap The Bridge

Preparation Represents the “clearing away” of biases, prejudices and creating an accurate picture of the educational context. Awareness and consideration of the non-neutral influences on the educational context.

Foundations Development of theoretical basis upon which the instructional strategy will be developed… Ø …based on the learning theories of Ausubel, Gardner, Vygotsky, Piaget, Skinner and others…. Ø … leading to cooperative and apprenticeship learning strategies.

Framework Practical implementation of theories and instructional strategies… ØIncorporating technology into the educational context Ø What is good technology and why? ØIntegration of technology with instruction strategy Ø Checking assumptions and effective use.

Spanning the Gap Implementation… Peer instruction using “Clickers”

The Bridge Ongoing reflections and entries about my experiences using a peer instruction strategy with “Clickers”

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