Wendy Hopper

Wendy Hopper

Location: las vegas, nv

About me

I am a CTE Business Education teacher in Las Vegas, NV. I am originally from Long Island, New York. I have two adult sons. I have one grandson. I am an avid tennis player.  I worked as a marketing manager, project manager, real estate agent, mortgage loan officer and marketing consultant before becoming a business teacher. I worked on Long Island and Manhattan (NYC) in a publishing company and direct marketing company. 

Interests

tennis, animals, hiking

Activity

 Big6 model of information literacy, identifies three contexts in which successful learning takes place-in the information process itself, the technology in context, and real needs. I use technology to enhance what students learn.AI is excellent in research and filling in gaps of information. 

 

Online and cyber learning is looking more and more like one another.  The methods for becoming a lifelong learner include: 

Managing your own education.
Knowing how to learn.
Conducting research.
Problem solving.
Self-assessment.
Addressing one's weaknesses.

Students should be given plenty of opportunities to practice working in teams, as most will work in teams in their professional career. Students can learn essential teamwork skills by being placed in small groups and asked to complete an assignment. Some instructor involvement is necessary, however, in order to ensure that group exercises sufficiently instruct students in teamwork skills.

It is important to explain to students why writing is needed in every profession.

I thought it would be interesting to have students write their own ethical dilemma and then present to fellow students.

I learned about different types of learners and how to work with disruptors and other students that may have poor behavior in syncronous and asyncronous learning environments.

I learned effective ways to engage students with syncronous and asyncronous discussions. Love the the idea of short biographies -  maybe on a discussion board. Great way to get students to get to know each other. 

I learned some good ways for me to get to know students, and for them to get to know one another. 

I already use a CMS, so I have not learned alot so far. However, it did give me very specific ideas on what to put in my expectations letter to students.

I like the AI ethics toolkit and the questions to ask yourself when using tools, like... 

"Before using any AI tool, I will always ..."


"When I notice bias in AI content, my process is ..."


"My standard transparency approach involves ..."


"To maintain professional accountability, I ..."

I will use these when using AI.

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