As an educator, I would say that I am not entirely an innovative educator. I have tried to delve into a few things that reflect my innovation proposal initiative to incorporate project-based learning, but I still have much more ground to cover before I consider myself an innovative educator. I incorporate critical thinking and practical situations to connect the learning so students can understand the correlation between what they are learning and how it can be used in the real world or further along in their education. I recently dished out an opportunity for students to engage in a Biome Research project where they will incorporate the use of technology to assemble their project and research their biome information using a multitude of online ebook databases. More than that, it is difficult being an entirely innovative educator when many initiatives/directives come from higher-ups regarding how we should be teaching, the time frame/breakdown, and the resources we're required to use. Therefore, I would consider that I am actively progressing toward the direction of becoming an innovative educator.
Insufficient communication allows the possibility for your audience to lack clarity, and cause decreased engagement and support from students, parents, administration, or any other relevant stakeholder. This is why it is important to be clear, direct, and thorough when proposing ideas for innovation. All stakeholders need to understand the plan and how they can play a significant role in supporting the innovative idea to transform education.
Constant communication is important in conveying your ideas and keeping all stakeholders engaged and ready to join forces with me. Periodic communication can create a lapse in engaged supporters. When you share updates, research, opportunities, and challenges along the way more people are prone to actively promote the initiative. Promotion tactics can be done through technology-based applications and or word of mouth.
Kotter’s admonition to use a wide assortment of technologies and vehicles to get the message out helps to open the door to realizing that I must use an abundance of resources and technologies for people to hear and see the change I want to see in this 21st-century world. Examples of using a wide variety of technology would be social networking sites such as (Linked In, Facebook networking groups, Instagram, and Twitter), websites/portfolios, newsletters, and face-to-face interaction. Through these methods, with consistency, I would be able to keep my stakeholders and any additional supporters engaged and ready to join me in this powerful transformative innovation plan.
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