PLN Assignment

Educational Resource
  In this resource, eduTopia reported on students feedbacks on the topic: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement. According to this information, students were asked to explain they feel engaged in the classroom. Students reported that they feel more engaged when they have the opportunity to:

• interact with peers
• have variety of activities on a topic
• be respected and heard in terms of capabilities
• freedom to make decisions on assignments and other choices
• have visuals to aid their understanding
• work with technology
• connect the real world experiences to the work done in the classroom
• have open time for some fun things to do.

  I think this is a great and relevant topic for all educators in the journey of helping  students learn and to succeed in life. Educators should be able to listen to the needs of their students in order to  have open ways for collaborative efforts to make positive changes to their former ways of teaching and the whole classroom experience. Also, teachers are able to transform students learning by planning instructions based on feedbacks from students conversations. For example, two students can arrive at the same answer to a problem but with different strategies.

   Here is the link to the resource: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-engagement-stories-heather-wolpert-gawron?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=blog-kids-speak-out-question

PLN & EdChat
    I had a hard time finding a chat to participate in because my work schedule always coincides with the chat schedule. I also found it difficult chatting from the, "Twubs.com. I did not know where to type in my opinions to the discussions. However, it was a nice learning experience just reading other peoples responses to how different  art experiences can be used to inspire students learning in the classroom.

Here is a link to my twitter account: https://twitter.com/feliciacobbah


Screenshot of my Edchat