As a career and technical education professional, you understand the importance of preparing youth and adults for high-skill, in-demand careers. You're responsible for ensuring that your curriculum and teaching meet the needs of your students. This group is for CTE teachers who aspire to discuss and master the competencies necessary for exemplary teaching performance to enhance student learning outcomes. Group members share best practices, ideas, thoughts, reflections, and resources to help us better serve students.
I learned I need to obtain the necessary hardware and software to bring the VR experience to the classroom.
I learned how visual cues for tracking and determining user location are important for creating the immersive experience. I can see how individual finger tracking would be useful for training precise movements in the healthcare setting.
I learned I need a fairly powerful computer to develop VR lessons. I was informed of various programs that make it easier to develop VR courses without extensive coding experience.
I learned about the differences between AR, VR and XR. I can see how it can aid in teaching critical thinking skills in the nursing field by creating immersive scenarios.
Being optimistic is a form of positive mindset that will help my students through challenging situations
In my role it is important for me to help students identify their strengths and weaknesses to help build character
A positive mindset broadens our perspectives to see more possibilities, as an educator helping my students be positive about difficult situations can promote rapport and retention
I have learned that incorporating daily reflection, will not only help me as the educator but also influence my students experience in the classroom
Critical thinking is a very important skill for employees in their professional performance and a part of a work team for problem-solving; therefore, it is necessary to foster it in students, taking into account strategies such as Bloom's Taxonomy.
The ending video from Ewelina was quite nice, be the expert, and be alright with not knowing everything; the more we know, the more we realize there is to learn!
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