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Week 8 - reflection

The world of technology is growing and changing everyday, and it can seem like difficult to navigate. The 21st century is very dependent on technology of many different styles, and what are educators doing to prepare students to enter into a world of this magnitude of technology?  The Ontario curriculum has recently added coding and programming components stating at grade one. I was very surprised to hear that it was starting that young, but upon further research I noticed that it scaffolds programming in a logical way. The curriculum starts to introduce language and uses coding in an ‘unplugged’ manner. The unplugged side of coding, I think is very important as it builds the foundation of effective communication. The coding aspect gets very specific, and to communicate effectively instructions have to be given exactly, in order to get the desired result. If the user is not able to write these instructions correctly they will not be able to communicate to the computer what they desir
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Week 7 - Reflection

 Hello readers and welcome back to my learning adventure,  This week we took a very hands on approach to the scientific inquiry method. We were told to go outside and seek out physical things that we could use in an inquiry based learning environment. I felt this was a great way to get a real life experience for what we have been formulating in class. I found myself analyzing my environment on many different levels that I have not done before. I felt myself incorporating the knowledge building strategy of idea diversity in my inquiry. There was so many different ideas like changing leaves, rock formations, how certain plants grew, cloud shapes, and many more. This activity showed me how important it is to incorporate idea diversity in the classroom. An important part of the learning cycle is exploration which I believe was highlighted effectively through this activity. Exploration allows for students to identify and further develop concepts or skills. Through our nature walk we were
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Week six - reflection

  Welcome back to Rebecca’s Learning Adventure! This week there was a lot of discussion of Science education, and how it has been transformed, and how it needs to be continuously improved.       Science is often looked at in such a light of simply knowing the theories, facts and laws that explain our universe. Science is much more than the knowing and applying of these facts. The world of science is so vast and endless.  When I was a student in elementary school, science was presented to me in the way that it was just facts that I needed to memorize. When I got to high school, my grade nine science teacher showed me that science is so much more than the facts. She showed me what these facts looked like in relation to the actual world. She showed me through many different experiments, videos and so many more resources. This Science teacher made me fall in love with science because I was taught that everything can be explained in some way. She taught me to be curious and interested, bu
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Week 4 - Reflection

    Hello everyone welcome back to my learning adventure,   There was many different topics talked about today in class, and I was very interested in seeing the different insights people have. There are a variety of backgrounds with various different learners that I got to learn from. The various insights gave me an opportunity to see how different viewers see math.  I have come from a history of always having a somewhat natural ability in math, that I fostered through hard work and more learning. I have always been interested in math and found it like a puzzle when solving questions. I have always seen the beauty in math, and tried my best to understand the complexity of it as well. When we were discussing math, I noticed that many of my peers hear ‘math’, and automatically think of numbers or computations. One of the videos we watched in class, showed that even socially, people see math as symbols, number and computations. One google search of math, all images are just symbols an
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Week 2 - Reflection

 Hello readers,  I challenge you to think about what the definition of being good at something is? Society has created standards for being good at something. These skills include school, sports, music, painting and so much more.   There is also standards that each individual holds themselves to, to be considered good at something. There is also standards that each persons environment offers to them. The thing about being good at something is there are always standards, that we are constantly trying to reach.  As an educator, I think it is important to be able to help the students create their own definition of being good at something. In order to do this, they must be taught the skills necessary to do so. Some of these skills include creativity, problem solving, adaptability and many more. One important thing I think students need to learn to excel at a skill is to have the willingness to fail. This is something that is not taught, and not highlighted enough. There is such a negativity
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Welcome Everyone!

 Welcome everyone to my learning adventure! September 11, 2022 My name is Rebecca Gobbi and I am currently in my fourth year of Concurrent Education at Brock University, and my teachable subjects are math and general science. I have always been interested about STEM related subjects, and I want to share that passion with others. STEM related subjects can become quite complex very quickly, and I hope to expand my knowledge on how to be an effective educator with these topics. I am always looking for new ways to make learning fun, and interactive. I believe that when an aspect of play is incorporated into teaching, it really makes a difference in the minds of the students.  One thing I wish to learn more about is the metal blocks that students get when it comes to STEM subjects. I would like to know where they originate from, and how to help the students overcome them. I think that every person is capable of doing STEM subjects, and should be given the chance to see their capabilities. I
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