DDL 780 has stretched me as an educator/designer. I have learned to re-examine how I design a lesson to help my learners become better learners/Cosmetologists.
This week we worked on a chart about "Affordance" and we had to design a task using a tool given to us. It was challenging, because the tool was something new to me. I had to figure out how the tool would be useful to my learners. The take away from this design plan was that I need to think of different/new ways to challenge my learners, instead of using the same old things that they and I are familiar with.
Using the Affordance analysis design make sense to me and I will apply this design plan to my next design plan. My learners are comfortable using Kahoot, Quizlet, Milady online, and Power points, but I will use different tools to engage and challenge them to learn the information. Leaning needs to be challenging and make them uncomfortable, so that they learn that there are many ways to learn the information.
Cosmetology uses many "Affordances" because we have theory and practical lessons in our classrooms. We are connected to our community; school and the profession. I teach the "World of Work" and Cosmetology is my way to get them there.
Here is a short video about what is expected in our workforce today:
Once again, your video inspired me to do a little digging. Did you know that the SkillsUSA national headquarters is located in Leesburg, VA? The video mentions the alignment of technical, personal, and workplace skills. All of these skills should be taught to all students. Our education system needs to be aligned to the jobs of the future instead of the production lines of the past. One of my students commented today, "The world is changing, but classrooms are not." Classic Paleolithic education.
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