This is a VoiceThread I created to introduce myself for ETEC442 (Fall 2011). https://voicethread.com/share/2214587/
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About me
I was born in Bangkok, Thailand. I attended middle school and high school in Anaheim, CA. I have a B.S. in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego and M.S. in Biological Chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles where I studied early embryonic development in vertebrates. I am credentialed to teach science in California and Hawaii. I have taught science formally and informally for since 2000 at UCLA, the California Science Center, Milken Community High School, McKinley High School, La Pietra, Global Online Academy, and Punahou. Currently at ‘Iolani School, I'm teaching high school science.
I completed the on-line masters program in Educational Technology (now LTEC) at UH, Manoa in May 2013. I have experience with Google Sites, Moodle, Haiku LMS, Canvas LMS, and Google Classroom in maintaining an e-learning environment. I live in Honolulu with my husband and 2 kids. I enjoy traveling, cooking, crafting, and spending time with my family. |
Educational Philosophy
Especially in science, I believe that students learn best through inquiry-based learning. In the curriculum I developed for a middle school elective course, Fun in the Lab, I focused on exploratory science as a way to introduce new concepts and topics. For example, students designed and built an egg drop apparatus while learning about the physics of gravity and drag. By recording their data of the distance and time their eggs dropped, students were able to calculate the rate of acceleration and thereby derive the constant for gravity.
Witnessing my students’ sense of accomplishment during the egg drop project was one of the reasons I became a teacher. I also gained satisfaction from seeing students comprehend new concepts and apply what they learn in the classroom to everyday life. When they understand concepts such as how blood flows through the body, what makes the heart beat, or how gravity affects us and objects around us, I feel that I have made a positive impact on their lives. I hope to continue to integrate more problem-based learning into my classroom with the help of Instructional Design models I am learning in my coursework.
Witnessing my students’ sense of accomplishment during the egg drop project was one of the reasons I became a teacher. I also gained satisfaction from seeing students comprehend new concepts and apply what they learn in the classroom to everyday life. When they understand concepts such as how blood flows through the body, what makes the heart beat, or how gravity affects us and objects around us, I feel that I have made a positive impact on their lives. I hope to continue to integrate more problem-based learning into my classroom with the help of Instructional Design models I am learning in my coursework.
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