Due to COVID-19, teacher candidates in the 2019/20 Bachelor of Education program have had to quickly adapt their teaching and learning styles through the use of online platforms. We are showcasing some of the wonderful examples of projects created by them as part of the community field experience.
Carli Dunbar & Pragya Agarwal
Elementary & Middle Years (TELL-3C)
- What is the name of the community partner or group you are working with?
- The teaching community and families
- What is your project’s subject area(s)?
- General
- Tell us about your project!
- Our project focuses on supporting future teachers, current teachers and families by providing resources and lesson plans and discussing many other topics that the two of us have encountered on our practicum journey. We are doing this through a blog that is accessible on any device that has data or internet capabilities. Readers also have the opportunity to subscribe for new blog posts. The blog has an interactive component, as well, that allows others to comment, ‘like’, or engage in conversations with us through multiple modes of communication to offer thoughts, ask questions, or share other resources or their stories and experiences.
- Did you face any particular challenges in the planning, making or delivery of this project?
- As creating a website is something new to both of us, we are faced with challenges of design, timing, formatting, navigating, etc. almost every single day. We are enjoying learning through these experiences and establishing what we would like for our website and what we hope to add in the future.
- How was the project received? Did anything surprise you about the outcome?
- So far, we have received positive responses. We were very excited to have our first few subscribers and first comment/review.
- Can you tell us about a highlight of creating this remote lesson plan?
- While we have been enjoying having our site accessible from anywhere, one of our biggest highlights was seeing that individuals from other places in the world were accessing our website! It was great to see that our small blog had reached them and that they are enjoying our blog posts and finding them helpful.
- What media did you use to create your project?
- wix.com – a website creation platform
- Where can we view your project?
- twda2020.wixsite.com/teachinginyourpjs101