Capstone Portfolio Journey Journal - Module Nine Reflections:
"To reach goals and overcome obstacles and become the best version of you possible will not happen by itself. It will not happen cutting corners, taking shortcuts, or looking for the easy way. THERE IS NO EASY WAY."
- John Gretton "Jocko" Willink
"To reach goals and overcome obstacles and become the best version of you possible will not happen by itself. It will not happen cutting corners, taking shortcuts, or looking for the easy way. THERE IS NO EASY WAY."
- John Gretton "Jocko" Willink
Sunday, March 21st, 2021:
Module Nine was a very emotional two weeks of reflection, introspection, and composition in what would be the most comprehensive of all the essays to date. This was it. The Synthesis & Reflections essay. This is the essay where we would take the three (3) most impactful and transformational courses and explain why it is that these courses stand out among all the rest. While this might sound like a simple task, the quality of the courses (as well as the instructors) and the way that each course resonated with me every semester made this extremely difficult. After much reflection I decided that course I would choose would be KIN-857: Positive Development Through Youth Sport, CEP-820: Teaching Online, and this course, ED-870: Capstone Portfolio.
The reason I decided to pick one course from each of the different areas I had studied was that I wanted to provide a balance around the areas about which I am most passionate. For me that is youth sport coaching, educating, and technology/lifelong learning. I am lumping technology and lifelong learning together under ED-870 because the creation of this online portfolio and the curation and celebration of my life's work all converged in this course. In fact, I am still amazed that the creation of an online portfolio, something I had wanted to do for years, turned out to be the final piece of the MAED puzzle.
Module Nine was a very emotional two weeks of reflection, introspection, and composition in what would be the most comprehensive of all the essays to date. This was it. The Synthesis & Reflections essay. This is the essay where we would take the three (3) most impactful and transformational courses and explain why it is that these courses stand out among all the rest. While this might sound like a simple task, the quality of the courses (as well as the instructors) and the way that each course resonated with me every semester made this extremely difficult. After much reflection I decided that course I would choose would be KIN-857: Positive Development Through Youth Sport, CEP-820: Teaching Online, and this course, ED-870: Capstone Portfolio.
The reason I decided to pick one course from each of the different areas I had studied was that I wanted to provide a balance around the areas about which I am most passionate. For me that is youth sport coaching, educating, and technology/lifelong learning. I am lumping technology and lifelong learning together under ED-870 because the creation of this online portfolio and the curation and celebration of my life's work all converged in this course. In fact, I am still amazed that the creation of an online portfolio, something I had wanted to do for years, turned out to be the final piece of the MAED puzzle.
After writing everything out at least 2 times online and then revising to try to get under the 2000-word limit, I was finally ready to publish my Module Nine FlipGrid video review:
I am now struck by this feeling that my journey at MSU is quickly coming to an end. I feel as if I have been in this state of 'flow' over the last 10-12 weeks (read: since the course started) and that only now am I realizing that we are just a few weeks away from reaching the next waypoint. That said, the last two (2) weeks of reflection have certainly given me much to think about going forward. I am certainly in the home stretch at this point and it is now time to depart the Module Nine waypoint, pick up the Module Ten set of new and fresh tracks, and to continue my MAED journey.
Cheers,
Travis
Cheers,
Travis