Fair-First Attempt In Learning

The plethora of ideas that were shared in this course are extremely useful to me as a classroom teacher and personally. The knowledge I incurred over the course of two days extends from ice breakers, to cooperative learning strategies, to technology platforms and resources, to best practices, to an acronym that made a powerful punch and will stick with me forever,

“FAIL - First Attempt In Learning.” Along with this, the instructor quickly established a growth mindset environment that allowed the participants in the class to let their guard and take a risk. Her demonstrations model how I can create the same positive learning environment in my classroom. This has sparked an enthusiasm in me to revitalize my teaching, incorporate the active learning

and technology ideas into my classroom. In conclusion, the instructors’ enthusiasm, compassion, and modeling was the most influential and beneficial aspect of the course for me.
My only suggestion for improving the course is to incorporate more brain boosts and movement into the technology portion of the class. If the instructor deliberately planned this, a means for the course participants to experience how sitting for an extended period of time is difficult for students; it worked for me. Movement will be a daily planned occurrence in my classroom.
Finally, our students’ learning styles and needs have changed. Consequently, my teaching practices must change. This course provided the tools to do this; for that, I am extremely grateful to the instructor.