Thursday, May 9, 2013

My Course Contract

1. List 2-3 specific goals you have for this course.

  • I want to better understand how I learn so I can improve my learning and my intelligence and be able to someday attain my full potential.
  • I want to understand how others learn, especially my children and future students, so I can help them learn how to learn and increase their intelligence so they, too, can attain their full potential. 
  • I want to learn what the best learning principles and strategies are so I can use them in my own personal life and share them with my children and future students. 

2. List 2-3 long-term goals you have with which this course may assist you.

  • I want to be a highly effective teacher 
  • I want to become a teacher who inspires a love for learning and excellence in my students
  • I want to earn a PhD

3. Describe your weekly preparation plan. Be specific. What will you do each day of the week to prepare for this course?

  • I will learn to use Google Calendar in order to become better organized
  • I will not procrastinate my Service-learning, my Field Response Journal, or my Assessment Inventory
  • I will start a Google Doc for my Assessments by Friday, May 10 and complete each week the  recommended assessments. 
  • I will have my Service-learning arranged by Tuesday, May 14 and begin volunteering and observing in the classroom Wednesday, May 15. I will do my volunteering on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 
  • I will spend time everyday preparing for this class, not just the night before the assignments are due.

4. Outline the study strategies that you will use to understand the material.

  • I feel I am quite skilled at learning, I know how to learn, (I may be a tad bit slow) but I am good at reading and acquiring knowledge.
  • Also I am highly motivated to learn. I want to learn! I love to learn!
  • I've noticed that there are a lot of resources on canvas for this class. I'm going to make sure I take advantage of these resources and use them so I can learn as much as possible about this fascinating subject of Educational Psychology. 
  • I am going to make sure I eat well and exercise even though I may be busy so I feel healthy and ready to learn.  
  • I will keep an online notebook in Evernote in order to help me learn and retain the information I am taught in this class 
  • Not procrastinating is going to be a key factor for my success because there is a lot to do and not very much time and I work slowly.

5. Explain the process you will follow if you do not understand a topic.

  • I will use the resources on canvas and other Internet sites
  • I will see if any of my fellow classmates can help me 
  • I will ask the instructor for additional help if needed.

6. Complete the following statement:
I will reach my goals in this course by managing my time well, staying organized, immersing myself in this fascinating subject of  Educational Psychology, and giving my best effort on all of the assignments and class discussions.

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