Thomas Perkins

I currently make all of my own Google Slide shows and instructional videos. I do need to have less verbiage on each slide. I could also use better slide transitions. 

Knowing my personality, being ready for class, pausing, using colorful handouts were just some of the useful reminders in the section.

Until now, I had not considered having my students design their own rubrics. Cool idea!

I have been giving my students more opportunities for choice in the area of assessment through working on personal projects.

I will continue to find multiple ways of assessing students and keeping them motivated. Choice Boards are one way that I can engage students who may be in the category of "Exceptionalities". When it comes to using measurements in my Woodworking class, I've noticed that students who have struggled in Math classes are terrified of measurements. I've worked to find multiple ways for students to learn and be assessed in the area of measurements.

Finally! A woodworking class was used as an example. Unfortunately, the example went nowhere. It was quickly abandoned after stating that traditional means of assessment may keep some student from participating. The challenge with teaching woodworking is that there must be a paper trail of the understanding of tool use for legal reasons. I definitely do utilize UDL in teaching and evaluating/assessing understanding so as to not exclude differently abled students. I handle it quite well, but found it interesting that there was no conclusion to the example.

Being mindful and encouraging of the strengths of others will go a long way in expanding a positivity. 

A reminder to do an examination of my character strengths and weaknesses was appreciated.  

Having a sense of a purposeful life and focusing on helping others rather than being selfish is always the right way to go.

This portion of the course was a refreshing reminder of how to drive for positive outcomes by being positive toward others.