Before this week, I never realized how many blogs actually existed. There are blogs about anything and everything. Thankfully, there are people out there that know a lot more than I do in every possible subject matter. How better to increase my knowledge as an instructional designer and high school mathematics teacher than to pull from the knowledge that is already out there?
Here are three blogs in particular that I will be following closely:
Blog #1: Great Maths Teaching Ideas (www.greatmathsteachingideas.com) by William Emory. This blog is a great resource for high school mathematics teachers. There are several links to free resources for teachers, great lesson plan ideas, sample problems and puzzles, and a place to chat about different teachings ideas I may have. My first year of teaching my mentor taught me that in order to grow as a teacher I must use other teachers as resources. She told me to, "Beg, borrow, and steal any and all great ideas!" Using blogs as a resource is a great way to gain knowledge from seasoned teachers.
Blog #2: ID and other Reflections (http://idreflections.blogspot.com) by Sahana Chattopadhyay. This blog caught my attention for several reasons. The first reason being location. Thanks to the internet I am able to connect to people from all over the world. Like Sahaha, for instance, who is from India. I am looking forward to seeing if and how her culture and location effects her outlook on instructional design and collaboration. The second reason this blog caught my attention were the variety of topics that Sahana discusses. Collaboration, informal learning, networking, eLearning, technology, and learning resources are a few of the topics discussed in this blog.
Blog #3: The Rapid E-Learning Blog (http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/) by Tom Kuhlman. Tom has over fifteen years of experience developing elearning courses. His blog is filled with tips on instructional design, elearning, and creating and designing courses. Although I have the knowledge to teach a high school mathematics course, I am not sure I would know where to start in designing an online course. This blog is a great resource for me as a teacher even though I teach in a 'traditional' classroom because of the impact technology has on younger students.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this blog on "Wicked Problems, Complexity and learning." I have never in all my training and education heard of this before now. Wicked Problems, understanding has allowed me the knowledge to solve problem complexity more thorough using this process of learning and resolution. This is the definition to Wicked Problem: A wicked problem is one for which each attempt to create a solution changes the understanding of the problem. Wicked problems cannot be solved in a traditional linear fashion, because the problem definition evolves as new possible solutions are considered and/or implemented. Wicked problems always occur in a social context -- the wickedness of the problem reflects the diversity among the stakeholders in the problem.
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