Last Saturday, I made the trip to Bald Eagle High School to participate in the AET (agricultural experience tracker) workshop. We had explored this tool in AEE 311 at Penn State, but not in the depth of Saturday's experience. There are many different avenues and features that I hadn't discovered yet. We learned some of the tricks to teach students and common mistakes that are made. It was very beneficial because we went through the entire process from beginning the project to applying for a state degree.
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After attending this workshop, I feel much more confident in teaching students how to use AET. If we as teachers don't know how to use the tool, how do we expect our students to pick up the concept? The program itself can be pretty confusing if you get off course. This is due to the extreme detail that projects can be recorded. I see this as a great tool! But how do we teach this to 14 year olds? After talking with peers, we determined that grouping students by SAE type may be the clearest way. If all students are recording the same types of projects they will have small differences in entries. I am currently trying to incorporate this tool in one of my farm management projects. I believe that it will work well and give my students more experience with this program. I now feel competent using this tool and hope to help students right away.
Matt,
ReplyDeleteAlways use this space to identify the future...Wishes, dreams, plans...
As educators, we have to "own our professional development" to be life-long learners and leaders we want. We can depend on a school, org, or group to just identify what they think we need...so we need to be able to articulate our own educational development goals.