VR technology can expand the learning experience of students beyond what they regularly might experience and provide the opportunity to learn new things beyond their immediate reality and experience. I will consider if VR would be a good fit for my curriculum. 

Keeping discussions open, while providing access to a variety of methods to engage and collect information provides students a greater foundation for literacy. Collecting and analyzing multiple sources of information  helps students in my class make more informed decisions with greater confidence in the accuracy of the information and their decisions to use it. 

Educators should not minimize communication to conventional, linear models, nor expect only unidirectional communication. 

I'm in charge of the academic management of a platform that offers specialized certificates in the technical field. I plan to continue improving the course offerings. What I've learned on this topic is useful for this purpose.

The things that I already knew about sustainability for an SBE and in building a professional advisory were simplified in the lesson. I teach in the CTE, but my Woodworking class is not a CTE class. It is a feeder for Carpentry. I do partner with other CTE teachers in interesting ways in order to promote the other opportunities. One partnership is with Engineering. My students will often take their wood projects to the Engineering room to get their projects laser engraved.

I enjoyed looking at the various ways in which Students can be held accountable to a standard that develops the soft skills in a way that is memorable, measurable and will stay with the students for a lifetime. I currently utilize a daily 5 point system regarding accountability. 

I enjoyed the detail of how to implement an SBE element in my classroom. Although I am not running a full-year program. I should be able to include a student driven / student focused element in the future. I have a long work history of working as a retail store executive. It would be very easy for to use that background and my background of owning a woodworking small business to develop an appropriate unit for my students.

As a woodworking Teacher in my CTE, I am technically not a CTE Teacher. My class feeds the Carpentry 2 year program. I now feel inspired to go in the direction of teaching with the inclusion of Enterprise. I always teach with a goal of having my students make sellable / marketable items. I even include self-assessments the include a category of "would I buy this item?" I am now interested in having the students make a fictional business each semester with a name, business plan, and selling some items. 

I learned that evaluation systems should fairly measure student learning and match course goals.  I plan to use different types of assessments and use results to improve my instruction.

I learned that troubleshooting instruction means adjusting lessons when students aren’t understanding or engaged.  I plan to watch for confusion and be flexible by changing strategies or re-explaining when needed.