My innovation project, where do I begin? Well, deciding to do a flipped classroom was an easy decision as the semester before starting the DLL (Digital Learning and Leading) program with Lamar University I started flipping my math class. My flipped classroom was pretty basic and with each lesson I flipped I learned a way to make it better and better. I knew I still had a lot to learn as this was still new for me and I had only done a little research, but I knew it was the right thing to do. In my class, prior to flipping, I was teaching the entire class period using the traditional method, whole group, every day leaving no time to reflect or practice the skill taught. In 6th-grade math, there are so many TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) to teach, 58 TEKS to be exact, with only 177 instructional days. If you do the math that gives me 3 days per TEKS, but that doesn't include the days we must give state and district level assessments, final exams, unit exams, pep-rallies, and half days. In reality, I only have 2 days per TEKS and some of them are pretty intense so the need for a different strategy, in my opinion, was very much needed.
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During the spring semester of 2018 is when I challenged myself to get my master’s degree. The next thing I knew I applied to Lamar University and was accepted. What have I done? There was no turning back now. I really put myself out there as I remember saying I was never about to go back to school! What’s that saying “Never say Never”. I received my bachelor’s degree roughly 21 years earlier and took a few graduate courses as part of the alternative certification process about 16 years ago. Needless to say, I was very nervous with my decision of going back to school as I watched my husband get his MBA several years ago and he was knee-deep in reading articles and books and writing tons of papers. |
Jill HobbsMatthew 6:34 'Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Archives
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