I am a teacher. I have been a teacher over 30 years. Shocking. Not only am I a teacher, I’m a teacher of teachers….on it goes. What I have learned in this course is that I have to sit in my own panic and try hard to not be overwhelmed. Sometimes the technology actually does not work, it is not that I am unbelievably stupid….although, stupid may well play into it to some degree. Mastery learning is critical to me succeeding in anything. Critical. Far more critical than feedback, although I would argue that mastery learning has feedback loops that are essential. Trust was the topic of my doctoral dissertation….don’t get me going on that. Let’s stick with the above.
