Thank you for checking out some of our thoughts/feelings and reflections as learning adventurers who are constructing a framework to increase our capacity as positive change agents by stretching our global learning! I encourage you to “subscribe” to receive emails when cool things are posted! Don’t forget to see the in-time conversation occurring on Twitter at the hashtag #AgEd2Malaysia.
As you know, our #AgEd2Malaysia experience has 12 bold learners. Six are pre-service teacher candidates from Iowa and Pennsylvania) and six are current secondary agricultural sciences teachers from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin! Each participant was provided a “grand challenge” of that involved sitting S.M.A.R.T. goals to accomplish in three phases: pre-departure, in-country, and post-travel. As they created their individual learning plans, they also went through an external review process where a team of four individuals read, reviewed, and provided feedback on their learning plans. The review teams included:
- a student teacher from a different state,
- an agriscience teacher from a different state,
- a local school administrator and
- a member of the project team (Ie Melanie, Daniel and/or Brad).
Participants will use this space to share thoughts/ideas/inspirations they have as they complete their personal learning journey! I think you are really going to like it. The video below talks through some of the inspiration behind this particular transformational learning instruction design.
Check back soon to see the thoughts and perspectives of the #AgEd2Malaysia participants!