Below are some projects that highlight and showcase what I learned, and created, through my coursework in the MSU MAED program. My MAED coursework focused on Technology and Leadership and my showcase highlights some projects I created that highlight my thoughts on teaching, and the integration of technology into my work as an Information Literacy Librarian.
Part I: Resources and Tools for Students
Website to Help Locate & Evaluate Articles
A project I created for CEP 817 was a website to help students distinguish between different types of articles. |
Jeopardy Quiz
This is a low-stakes quiz I created for students to use as a self-check to see what they've learned from my website on "Locating, Evaluating, and Using Articles." |
Part II: Applying My Learning to My Teaching and Work as a Librarian
Information Literacy Elevator Pitch
This project, done for CEP 818, is an elevator pitch designed to sell my information literacy classes to the WRAC faculty I work with as part of their First Year Writing Program. |
Presentation at a Library Conference
I applied much of what I learned in CEP 818 to my work as an Information Literacy Librarian at MSU; and also to a presentation I gave at the Brick & Click Academic Library Symposium in October 2012. |
Teaching Philosophy Statement
As a teacher, I know the importance of having a document that underscores your thoughts on teaching, and for EAD 866, I wrote a statement of teaching philosophy. |
Essay on Solving a Teaching Problem
This essay focuses on developing a technologically-appropriate, and cost effective, solution to a teaching and learning related problem or issue I have identified in my teaching situation. |
Part III: Know Thyself: Reflective Activities on My Work
Reflective Essay for EAD 801
This is an essay I wrote to reflect on my learning from this course based on the topics of leadership, schooling, teacher leadership & change (and also why these were significant ideas or messages for me). |
Individual Teaching Analysis for EAD 866
This is an essay I wrote to analyze a recent class that I had taught. This essay allowed me to critically analyze my teaching and to look at why I teach the way I do, and how I might change things to do things better. |