Clare's Teacher Blog

 Creating an online learning community is important to help a student not feel lost or alone during the semester of online learning. There are many ways an educator can set up the class so students can have a sense of community. The first method is video conferencing or zoom. it may be regularly scheduled zoom meetings, conference hours between teachers and students, or even meeting with friends. Zoom meetings allow for an interaction where you can see someone's face but not in person. This method got very popular after the first shutdown. Zoom can be inconvenient because some people may not have an open schedule enough to have an actual meeting.  The second method is a discussion board. This is one method that is usually for points but also allows for a decent connection between students. This method also lets students know their points of view and connect over opinions. As I said the method of the discussion board is mostly for points and can be viewed as a forced method of ...

 Online learning is pretty much the norm now, especially after the pandemic hit and uprooted many classrooms mid-year. This is changing the way students learn. The theories I will go into are the basic theories of learning and we can figure out how these theories play a part in the online learning process. The first theory I will go into is cognitivism. The cognitivism learning theory focuses on how information is received, stored, organized, and retrieved. Ironically this theory is known to use the person's mind as a computer or information processor. Memory is a very important part of cognitivism and with online learning, it is known that people are not relying on memory as much as they did during in-person school but more on the internet right in front of them. This is all dependent on how online learning is set up and this is not always the case.  The next theory I will focus on is behaviorism. Behaviorism really focuses on interactions and stimuli. Behaviorism relies on t...

 My name is Clare! I love t scrapbook, bake, and play DnD with friends. I enjoy these hobbies because they allow me to express my creativity in really fun and interesting ways! I also enjoy taking long walks with the dog I babysit, she's a Boston terrier named Pig.  My goals for teaching focus mostly on younger children and their creativity! I really enjoy working with the ages 2-4, and I currently have a job at a daycare working with the 2's. I am a strong advocate for process vs. product art and I really enjoy giving children the chance to express themselves through art in a way that they enjoy not just for their parents.  Thank you for reading!