I had to add in my adoration for country music and lifestyle in these blog posts somewhere! In all seriousness, this post is simply my reflection of the course.
First and foremost, the importance of collaboration in this course is something that I will carry with me throughout my teaching career. The Unit Plan is the perfect example of the importance of collaboration, without my colleagues all working on this together, the task would have been overwhelming and our ideas wouldn't have been as enriched and integrated as they became!
This course, while supposedly by the course title is specifically Social Studies it became, in fact, more than just Social Studies in the sense of the Ontario Curriculum, but more importantly about how to integrate subjects and hidden curriculum cross-curricularily effectively and while engaging our students. On a weekly basis, all of the resources that we engage with provide the opportunity to engage with insightful and self-reflexive opportunities, and these various methods that I reflected upon are ones that I will truly utilize in my future classroom.
Additionally, I deeply appreciate the various online components of this course as they can be easily integrated into the Junior/Intermediate Classroom. As educators, we're always modeling behaviour for our students, and experiencing the online component through this course can be effectively integrated into our own classrooms. The online component gives everyone an opportunity to be heard, promoting an inclusive and equitable classroom environment. Some students inherently dominate classroom discussion with their thoughts and opinions, and the more quiet students who need time to think about what they would like to say will be successful with this strategy. I have personally had students who are naturally quiet, and I can guarantee that all students would like to have heard each other's opinions respectfully, and this strategy is a great method for ensuring all voices in the classroom are heard. The online quizzes are also an effective assessment tool for ensuring students are keeping up with their weekly readings and activities. The blog posts, in addition to the required online components, have allowed me to engage self-reflexively with the materials presented in this course, and would be excellent to incorporate into my classroom.
I appreciate you taking the time out of the day to read my final reflection post to this course! Now it's time to transition to my summer career, which is entirely different, but I'll share this picture with you as inspiration to make it through the rest of the school year and hopefully to set the tone for summer!
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