Blog: Write any final thoughts you’re having about your whole master’s experience.
It feels good to be finished! Whew! I think I'll miss it, though. Keeping up with the trends and stimulating my brain with themes from my profession instead of personal hobbies has been really good for me. I have a new interest or specialty now that will keep me motivated and help to be an "influential teacher" for years to come. Specifically, I'm really looking forward to putting into practice the outdoor photography homework plan that came out of this experience. I want to get my students outdoors more with their parents on nightly walks around the neighborhood. (If you have ever had a dog walking schedule around your neighborhood you can relate.) Except with my plan, you are doing much more than helping your dog relieve themselves and mark territory while you enjoy the neighborhood. With my weekly homework, you could feel good about helping your child do science while enjoying your neighborhood. And if you also walk your dog, then it'd be three birds with one stone! I hope the model becomes a popular idea because, (to me at least), it makes sense. How else can you touch so many bases? (I'm imagining this for Third Grade.)
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The Touro/NapaLearns master's program has been almost too good to be true. It feels like a Goldilocks program for teachers because it wasn't too much or too little. The focus on technology and innovation is so appropriate for these times, and especially for these distance learning times. We must use technology in innovative ways if we want to guarantee a quality education for the near future, and beyond. Being in this program has given me the skills to make an easier transition to distance learning. That's another take-away I will never forget. I'm very thankful to have been a part of the Learning Innovation Lab. It's too neat to have a webpage floating around out there in this big database. I'm honored to feel I may have contributed in a small way to our children and public education! I want to give a big thanks to all the people who make it possible! (You know who you are.)
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AuthorJeremy Smith teaches third grade at Calistoga Elementary School. Archives
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