Q4 Progress Report and Reflection

As an educator we constantly reflect on what our students learn.  As I write this progress report, I have truly reflected on this past year.  I have seen many of my students grow, but I also see student's who did not work to their potential.  My goal as a Globaloria educator next year is to keep all of my students working to their potential.  All of them are bright and creative individuals.  There are times when some of my students lost interest in the course and had to be pushed along the way.  All of us need to be picked up sometime throughout the year, but it seemed like there were a few who had to be constantly picked up.  So I hope next year I do not run into this problem.  I am very proud of the students I had this year.!

This year in Globaloria!

This year brought new challenges as a returning educator.  Sometimes educators take for granted that our students will do many things on their own.  I thought I had my student's trained about uploading work to their wiki page, but I had to constantly remind them to display their work.  Once again I had several students who excelled in many ways.  Some of them came out of their shell and become more outgoing in the classroom, others continued to promptly post work and blogs to their page.  All in all a good year with some great students.  I am looking forward to next year, as I get a new group of students and my current students will move on to Mr. Addair.

Closing out the Year!

Another year experience has made a tremendous difference in the comfort level for me as an educator in the Globaloria classroom.  Our class was off to a slow start, but my students worked hard down the stretch.  The students have continued to work on their wikis and blogs, and also made some adjustments to their games.  They are still constantly updating and adding pictures, videos, and links.  Some of the students have been working on home on their wikis and blogs, this year more of my students worked outside the classroom than the past.  As an educator, I still struggle in getting my students excited about the blogging assignments in the curriculum.  They do complete a blog, but it is a struggle to keep them working.  All in all another successful year in my opinion.  I am looking forward to seeing most of them again next year.