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Adjusting Your Journey!

 With everything in life there are times where you need to make a change, this can be with your job, your major or for students enrolled in an agricultural sciences courses their SAE project. This week we completed our last teaching lab virtually, focusing on transforming a Lifeknowledge lesson from the Nationally Ag Ed curriculum into an online lesson. 

   It was a bittersweet lesson, as I believe the information and skills taught throughout the lesson are important for high school student's to obtain to ensure that their goals within their agricultural science course are met. It was also a perfect remember to all of us as we enter into our student teaching experience that change is ok and very much so a good thing especially when it comes to meeting our student teaching experience goals! 

    I used new technology throughout this lesson that I had never used before to facilitate, Slido. This program allowed me to incorporate interactive questions and polls so that I can increase student engagement in an online world such as Zoom classrooms. Though I didn't get to experience the inperson reactions and smiles I still saw the value in incorporating this engagement tools as not only was it a reminder for student engagement but it also was a tool for student comprehension. 


   With this new technology there were a few minor hiccups such as activate the questions correctly and wait time for responses to show up as everyone's internet works at a different pace. Overall I think I did a very good job at keeping on trace and within time constraints for this lesson all while ensuring valuable content was delivered to my students. 



   This week was the last time as a cohort we will be "together" before we venture off into the unknown of student teaching in a COVID world. I am incredibly grateful to have conquered this crazy semester with all 7 of you ladies and the support of our amazing professors. Thank you each for everything and good luck! With that being said.....  





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  1. Michaela SmithDecember 13, 2020 at 9:27 AM

    MEGAN! It is so sad that this was the last time we will truly be together for class. I thought that your lab was great and I really love the use of Slido to keep things interactive and fun! Your lab went very well despite the technical issues and I personally would use a version of your lesson in any class!

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  2. Nicole GuiseDecember 14, 2020 at 6:00 AM

    Megan,
    Well here we are in the final week of the semester. The cohort could always count on you to try a new application, program, or engagement tool and Slido was another knock out of the park! My cooperating center uses Peardeck a lot, which I believe if very similar to Slido and can even be used asynchronously. Thank you for your friendship and facetime calls this semester. I appreciate you keeping me connected while the cohort was in State College and I was at home. I could not be more excited for you to meet your students, I know they will love you. I have a few other things I could say, but I will sum them all up as LET'S GO GIRLS!!!

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