Jonathan Musci

When sustaining a culture of compliance it is important to make distinctions between "a culture of compliance" and compliance. Compliance without understanding, teamwork, and shared responsibility is just a dictatorship. Creating a culture of compliance is making it an environment where the normal behavior is to get things done and work hard. 

 

As all interactions we want students to gain something of value from assessment. Value-added assessments means that the assessments are not purely evaluative, but serve a purpose in the students learning and the professors instruction.

 

Testing is integral to my job as a middle school teacher as well as my job as an adjunct professor. Assessment is meant as a tool for students to learn. The evaluative part is really such a small portion. Feedback and reteaching have much more of a significant effect.

 

I think it is a great idea to remember that the end goal of assessment is student retention and memory formation of that knowledge. Assessment is such an integral tool to all in education today. I regularly use assessment to evaluate student ability and where to make important instructional decisions for the best outcome for my students. 

 

One of the most important first steps it seems when choosing technology tools for student assessment and learning you have to first and foremost think about what is going to be the appropriate medium or technology tools to utilize. As a school teacher and adjunct professor I know the importance of backwards design and knowing how students will be assessed proir to teaching them.

 

Communication and building seem to be huge things throughout this course, and that means a lot to me, as I am this way as an educator. I need to be to be successful in middle school, but I am starting to feel it is just as important in an online collegiate setting. One must always communicate and build relationships, especially to retain students.

 

Technology is critical for the success of students and teachers. We currenlty live in a world that is deeply intertwined with technology. As online educators this is vital to our success and that of our students.

 

Student retention is as much the job of the institution and those that work there as it is the student. This is so important to remember as an adjunct professor and soon to be director of virtual learning.

 

Engaging and retaining online learners, like many instances in education requires building meaningful professional relationships. This is something I live by! Learning ways to engage with students online is supper important to what I do.

 

Motivational engagement is vital for student success. One can create this through building relationships, engaging in exciting structures and activities, and having a student-centered focus. I love that this further deepened my resolve to always teach as a facilitator. One can always do more to engage students in person and virtually, and I am here to continue learning how to do so.