5320: Contribution to My Learning and the Learning Community

techytexasteacher
Jul 19, 2025
3 min read

Updated: Jul 20, 2025

Reflection on what is working and what I can do better:

Summer classes are a whole thing. Part of me thought it was going to be easier not having to juggle the responsibilities of work while also pursuing my masters, but then I forgot about my side job which I usually ramp up in the summer. Fortunately for me June was not as heavy on the assignments. Unfortunately for me, in July I added my dyslexia training two week intensive, so it all kind of fell at once. But alas, life is always lifing. (My editor is telling me "lifing" is not a word, but I propose it is.) If this journey as taught me anything there is no season that is easier than the other. It is simply that seasons. Each season brings on its own challenges and different perspectives. For instance, this season for me was very busy on Monday evenings and I was unable to attend class live. That made this course a little more challenging to be "attentive" to. However, I made it work and pushed through and still produced work I was proud of. I think, though, I would have had a more cohesive experience if I was able to participate in class rather than just watch it. I am grateful for this program and the flexibility the recordings have offered.

Key Contributions

Contributed to, helped build, and provided feedback to your core collaboration group

My collaboration group was: Cristy Silkin and Adaliz Torrado. We had a group text going that was very helpful. It served as a collaboration forum as well as reminders for when assignments were due.

Revised all assignments and reflected on revisions in this contribution to a learning activity.

All assignments were reflected on and revised accordingly to peer and instructor feedback. We had some great commentary in our group text. Before turning in anything we would all post our assignments and give feedforward comments. This was so helpful and really helped all of us grow as learners.

Completed ALL of the course readings, videos, and supporting resources.

All readings, videos, and resources were viewed and synthesized

Met the various course activity deadlines indicated in the calendar.

All activities were turned in on time.

Supporting Contributions

While I believe I met at supporting contributions I am going to put mine in a plus/delta table because I do think there are some that could have been done better.

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Took leadership responsibility in my base group and the course. I took initiative to discuss collaboration platforms and initiate conversation in the group chat. I also responded to the course GroupMe and answered classmates questions. Contributed to my learning and the learning of my colleagues by participating in ALL activities. I completed all assignments and participated in all discussion questions. Active contributions in the various course forums. I participated in the large course GroupMe and the class discussion board. Posted in a timely fashion so others could respond to my postings. All discussion posts were posted early enough so others could have an opportunity to respond.

Postings reflect breadth and depth of thinking with research to support thinking and are cited using APA. While my postings were cited with APA when necessary, I believe I could have included more research to have more thought provoking discussions. Additional postings were made that did not require research but were rather to contribute to the learning. I responded to my peers posts to contribute to both our learning, but I believe that I could have been more in depth and I could have done maybe even some additional blog postings to contribute more to everyone's learning.