Master’s in Teaching Vlog
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Master’s Vlog #50 Reflections on Earning My Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching
In my Final Master’s of Arts in Teaching Vlog from San Diego Christian College, I answer some questions and answers from comments and reflect on the year in review. Let’s get started!What changes have you made already to your teaching technique because of the SDCC MAT...
Master’s Vlog #49 Conclusions and Results of My Podcast Listening Action Research
My initial results are in, for my Action Research from San Diego Christian College. I get to share some of the results here, as I continue to work to refine them, and near my finished Capstone. This video is special. I get to share my Powerpoint Presentation that I am...
Master’s Vlog #48 Getting Action Research Feedback in Stages
I am earning my Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching from San Diego Christian College, and am documenting the collection of my Action Research Data. In this video, I show you how we organize our action research, submit drafts to our Professor, and get feedback for...
Action Research Presentation Spring 2019
The Effect of Podcast Review Lessons on High School History Students by Daniel Hauger San Diego Christian College An Action Research Project Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in Teaching San Diego Christian College July...
Master’s Degree Vlog #47: Comments from Classmates about Overcoming Adversity
Comments from ClassmatesClassmate comment from Morgan: How awesome that you are making your own podcasts! Listening to podcasts is one of my favorite things to do - I always have one playing while I am driving. I have also been thinking about adding them into my ELA...
Master’s Degree Vlog #46: Overcoming Resistance to Positive Changes in Teaching
Regarding overcoming challenges, thinking through the checklists in the text is one way to stay on top of difficulties. A good plan in the front end without thoughtful considerations for some of the variables and unknowns can yield some changes that may inoculate some...
Master’s Degree Vlog #45: Conducting an Observation to Practice Protocol
Our Professor assigned us an observation to practice the protocol for taking down observations to help us prepare for our Action Research in our Master’s of Arts in Teaching program from San Diego Christian College.We were directed to find a public place to observe...
Master’s Degree Vlog #44: Balancing Teaching and Earning a Master’s Degree
This year I was a full-time Social Studies teacher in high school while simultaneously working towards earning my Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching from San Diego Christian College. It was manageable. You can do it. Having a consistent schedule, calendar reminders,...
Master’s Degree Vlog #43: Organizing a Literature Review and Beginning the Summary
In my Master’s Vlog 43, I take a time out from writing my literature review to talk about how it is going. As a self-starter that is driven to try and stay ahead of the workload in my online Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching from San Diego Christian College, I wrote...
Master’s Degree Vlog #42: Reflecting on Being Flexible in the Classroom
In this Master’s Vlog #42 from San Diego Christian College, I discuss my week 5 journal entry for my Qualitative Research Class. I reflect on how important it is to be flexible. When I step out of my comfort zone, I actually can look to my high school students. They...
Master’s Degree Vlog #41: Exploring Data from the Action Research Program
In Master’s Vlog #41 from San Diego Christian College, I explore some of the early data collection from my Action Research (See episode 39). I wanted to find out whether there is a connection between assessment scores of my United States History students with having a...
Master’s Degree Vlog #40: Finding Your Teacher Support Circle at San Diego Christian College
In Master’s Vlog #40 from San Diego Christian College, I discuss the importance of having a support system around you as a teacher. There will be challenges, and you want to have supportive, reassuring, and thoughtful group of people around you to boost you through...
Master’s Degree Vlog #39: Making Revisions to Your Education Action Research Plan
From last week’s Master’s Vlog episode, I outlined my initial plans for my Action Research Project at San Diego Christian College. This week I learned more about the requirements, and started planning, with revisions to that original plan. I will talk about how the...
Master’s Degree Vlog #38: How to Conduct Your Initial Action Research Plan
In Master’s Vlog #38 I will discuss my initial plans for my Action Research Project. This project will become the capstone of my Master’s Degree Program at San Diego Christian College. I hope this will be an insightful glimpse into the first draft of this research...
Master’s Degree Vlog #37: Choosing Joy Over Fear in our Classrooms
In this week’s Vlog I reflect on our textbook (The Gifts of Imperfection by Brenee Brown) reading on how to choose joy over fear as teachers. Fear can overtake me, and it is tough to dial down. It has not taken ahold of me in over a year. It was something that came...
Master’s Degree Vlog #36: The Importance of Courage as a Teacher Master’s
In this edition of my Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching, I share my week 2 journal assignment for my ED603 class: Qualitative Methods in Action Research. The topic of this journal is courage, and I speak about some personal interpretations of courage.Courage has a...
Master’s Degree Vlog #35: How to Conduct a Literature Review Thesis
It is time to find some research references! In this week’s Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching vlog from San Diego Christian College, our professor advises us to choose 40 sources to start collecting for our literature review. Professor Smith encouraged our class to...
Master’s Vlog #34: What Makes Research Effective
What qualities make up quality research? What are the responsibilities of an educator looking for valid research? Today I begin to explore responses to these two questions while I am studying and earning my Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching from San Diego Christian...
Master’s Degree Vlog #33: Self-appreciation Journal San Diego Christian College Online
In this edition of my Master’s of Arts Degree in teaching, I share my week 1 journal assignment for my ED603 class: Qualitative Methods in Action Research. Join me as I recap my learning from this week’s reading, and share my thoughts from my reflection.Question #1:...
Master’s Vlog #32: Qualitative Methods in Educational Research
In continuation of my Master’s of Arts in Teaching Vlog #31, I spend a moment anticipating and previewing my expectations of my next class at San Diego Christian College. I have completed two classes so far that have expanded my teacher toolkit regarding ethical...
Master’s Vlog #31: Two classes completed, Two to Go at San Diego Christian College
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Master’s Vlog #30: Who Am I Poem Reflection
In Master’s Vlog #30, our teacher asked us to visit http://www.edchange.org/multicultural... and observe an assignment about writing a poem about ourselves. Through a series of I am statements, we were able to connect to some of the core essence of enjoyment that we...
Master’s Vlog #29: Community Partnerships Help Students Develop Leadership
In Master’s Vlog #29, I explore the benefit of community partnerships for students. This is in preparation for my final research paper of my ED602 class about Partnerships for Multicultural Education. I will show you my final research paper for this class. I will also...
Master’s Degree Vlog #28: Applying Professional Standards of Teaching
In this week’s Master’s Vlog for San Diego Christian College, I will share my self-evaluation as a professional teacher seeking improvement in alignment with California’s Standards for the Teaching Profession.In the video I will analyze the importance of reflecting as...
Master’s Degree Vlog #27: Restorative Justice in the Classroom
In Master’s Degree Vlog #27 from San Diego Christian College, I discuss my research of restorative justice in the classroom. Restorative practices mean a lot to me, so I was eager to review these videos and enhance my approach to correcting relationships in the...
Master’s Degree Vlog #26: Bringing Current Events into the Classroom
What’s in the news? A lot! In this week’s Master’s of Arts Vlog from San Diego Christian college, I bridge the current topic of class to current events around the world. My ED602 course is centered around diversity and multiculturalism in the classroom. One of the...
Master’s Vlog #25: Multicultural Considerations for Equity in the Classroom Written Report
In Master’s Vlog #25, I talk about my student survey, and how getting to know students is the first step towards offering equity in the classroom. I also hand out a cultural and interests survey. Understanding students is the first step of including them. In my...
Master’s Vlog #24: Setting Actionable Goals with Resources to Achieve
In Master’s Vlog #24, I discuss goal setting and planning for a successful action plan. When reading one of our textbooks, Making a Difference, by Donovan Graham, the author describes the difference between qualities of planning. How will we ready ourselves for the...
Master’s Vlog #23: Time Management While Earning My Master’s Degree, Family, Teaching, and Schedule
In Master’s Vlog #23, I discuss my weekly schedule and time management structures. This Vlog is meant to inspire teachers to earn their Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching from San Diego Christian College. I am proving that it is possible to maintain a healthy...
Master’s Degree Vlog #22: How Student Success Teams Can Enhance Student Potential
In my Master’s Degree Vlog #22, I give you an inside look into my summaries of my reading about Schools, Family, and Partnership. I read you the synopsis of my learning from week 2, including how states like Maryland are raising the bar for student achievement and...
Master’s Degree Vlog #21: Considering Classroom Diversity San Diego Christian College
In Master’s Vlog #21, I discuss my research into the considerations needed for diverse students. The acknowledgment of cultural variety in my classroom can inform the strategic planning for the classroom. I spent several hours this week finding excellent resources...
Master’s Vlog #20 – Diversity and Classism Quiz and Bringing Cultural Discussions to the Classroom
In Master’s Vlog #20 I begin my second class from San Diego Christian College online: ED 602: Community Partnerships in Multicultural Education. I respond in real-time to a previous post made by my colleague online about how to celebrate diversity and holidays without...
Master’s Degree Vlog #19 – Teaching Classroom Diversity Beyond Food and Festivals
This week in our ED602 course, we watched an extended webinar about how to feature stories about students in the classroom. Multiple professionals in education participated and presented research over decades of progress in improving school performance and embracing...
Master’s Vlog #18: Summarizing My Ethics Course and Previewing Multicultural Education Class
In my closeout Vlog for course 1 of my Master’s Degree of Arts in Teaching program at San Diego Christian College, I recap my learning from ED 601: Ethical Dispositions and Decision Making in Classroom Leadership. I summarize some of the ways that I am developing as a...
Master’s Vlog #17 Encouraging Students, Showing Passion for Interests, and Motivating Participation
In Master’s Vlog #17 following my Master’s Degree of Arts in Teaching program at San Diego Christian College, I discuss how my reading and research motivated me to connect with my students in a new way. I also explore the benefit of Socratic seminars. I took...
Master’s Vlog #16: Collaboration with Colleagues Creates Fresh Plans in the Classroom
In my Master’s Vlog #16, my investment in research, reflection and ethics paid off when I was given the chance to share my learning with my colleagues. This week we had professional development time at school. Teachers in my school’s Social Studies Department grouped...
Master’s Vlog #15 – Encouraging Exploration and Inquiry from Degree to Daily Class Time
In Master’s Degree Vlog #15, I discuss the inspiration from the Master’s of Arts Degree in teaching from San Diego Christian college. The weekly discussions that we have and the research we are conducting into the field of education have inspired me to explore themes...
Master’s Vlog #14: Boundaries and Ethics of Teacher-Student Relationships
In Master’s Degree Vlog #14, take a look at my second ethical analysis assignment on the subject of boundaries within teacher-student relationships. The nature of interaction between students and teachers is as important now as it has ever been. I find that positive...
Master’s Vlog #13: Considering Individual Student Interaction at San Diego Christian College
In Master’s Vlog #13 I reflect from a paragraph in our Ethics of Teaching (Strike, 2009) textbook which caused me to pause, reflect, and share ways that I and (can?) incorporate my learning from my Master’s of Arts in teaching Degree Program from San Diego Christian...
Master’s Vlog #12: Building Rapport, and My First Project Grade at San Diego Christian College
In my Master’s Vlog #12, I discuss the developing rapport and support of my classmates through continued conversations in our online discussion boards. Rapport is building between students, and you can sense the development of relationship and support that is supplied...
Master’s Vlog #11: Inspiring Online Classmates to Find Solutions at San Diego Christian College
In my Master’s Vlog #11, I talk about inspiration to seize the moments of personal development when they arise in my classroom. I had the chance to develop the idea that was presented in my research on being a lifelong learner. We can be the examples for our students....
Master’s Vlog #10 – Researching Using the Online Library at San Diego Christian College
In my Master’s Vlog #10, I visit the library at San Diego Christian College. I explore one of the greatest assets at the hands of Master’s of Arts in Teaching Degree - the online library. With an extensive selections of academic journals, articles, books, and videos,...
Master’s Vlog #9: A Teachable Moment Informs My Project Based Learning
Master’s Vlog #9 is focusing on teachable moments. Our teacher called us to join in on an online discussion on Saturday morning. I appreciated two components of this invitation. One, that it was made at all, signified an outreach to students for clarity on their...
Master’s Vlog #8 – How Grace Can Guide Teaching and Professional Education
My Master’s Vlog for week 4 is all about grace. Dr. Lorri Ague (our course professor) sent a thoughtfully crafted email to us at the start of our 3-day weekend. In her own words, “Grace conjures many meanings—the grace of a ballerina; the polite charm of a gentleman;...
Master’s Vlog #7 – How Online Discussions Help Teachers Plan at San Diego Christian College
In my 7th Master’s of Arts in Teaching Vlog from San Diego Christian College, I explore some of the discussions, contributions, and interactions I am having with some of my classmates. My colleague Courtney has been working a bit ahead, as I have, which is a wonderful...
Master’s Vlog #6 – What I Have Learned So Far From Reading, Research, and Interaction
In Vlog # 6 of my Master’s Degree journey, I explore some direct ways I have improved from the course reading, class discussions, and research conducted in my Master’s of Arts in Teaching Degree Program from San Diego Christian College. My creativity has been...
Master’s Vlog #5 Dr Lorri Ague Education Department Chair San Diego Christian College Online Program
I’m preparing for my third week in the online Master’s of Arts Degree in Teaching from San Diego Christian College. I am getting to know my students, and today, we get the chance to meet my professor together for my ED 601 course about Ethics in Education. Dr. Lori...
Master’s Vlog #4 – Advantages to Online Education Discussion Boards a San Diego Christian College
In Master’s Vlog #4 I explore a discussion board inside the San Diego Christian College dashboard for their Master’s of Arts in Teaching program. I review and respond to a fellow student to finish my second discussion post of the week. I also discussed the advantages...
Master’s Degree Vlog #3 – First Project Ethical Analysis: Compassion in the Classroom
In Vlog #3, following my journey to my master's Degree in teaching from San Diego Christian College, I provide an inside look into my first project completed for my Ed 601 course. We were asked to choose an ethical theme to analyze with research from academic journals...
Master’s Vlog #2 – Inside the Student Dashboard at San Diego Christian College
In this vlog I show you how to navigate your Populi online Student portal and Dashboard for San Diego Christian College. I walk you through how to submit assignments, read information and announcements, and how easy it is to understand your next task completion with...
Master’s Degree Vlog #1: Starting My Master’s of Arts in Teaching with San Diego Christian College
This program contains content sponsored by San Diego Christian College, as I begin my journey to earn my Master's of Arts in Teaching Degree. Each week I will bring you a summary of my learning, activities, and interactions with students enrolled at San Diego...
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