Today I learned about Dr. Johnson's experience as an African American female educator in a predominately white classroom through our module 4 reading. In addition, I discovered many different techniques that helped her thrive with her students. With this new found knowledge, I hope to be a better educator for future students. I will definitely take the idea of multiple worlds of literacy into consideration, because it is vital for students to be well rounded.
I would like to know more about new techniques that are being tested out and helping students want to be more proactive in the classroom. If I were teaching this course, I would try to incorporate some of the ideas of Dr. Johnson. I understand it is a lot to ask because the course is online, making access to students more complicated; however, I think just a bit of input from each student could make the course that much better.
It would be interesting to incorporate some of Dr. Johnson's strategies in this course. Maybe we could have discussions through Skype and then make our traditional discussion posting a summary of what was discussed in the Skype session. Maybe our real world discussions could be centered around making ethical decisions in regards to education or marketing yourself as a teacher. Whatever we decide to discuss would be insightful.
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