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Taylore

Taylore is an English teacher and proud alumna of Plymouth State ‘17G. She has taught at Plymouth State since 2016. She also teaches English at a small independent high school in Vermont.
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A Mix of Flexible and Rigid

  • I’m really struggling with technology tonight, so hopefully people are able to see this. Nothing seems to be working right, but I’m powering through. The only classes I’ve ever taught at PSU (with some minor exceptions) are First-Year Composition and Creating Arguments. I still teach Creating Arguments, although it’s
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Hoping to learn more

  • I struggled with this module. I’ve realized I need more structure in order to really get something out of a course of work, which reminds me that online asynchronous work can be very difficult for some students, myself included. Before this module, I was already feeling a bit exhausted
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Remote Nightmare

  • I don’t know if this is the *worst* experience I’ve had with technology, but remote learning for high school students comes to mind. We started remote learning with the rule that students needed to have their cameras on in order to be marked present for class. But that quickly
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My Dream Tech

  • A couple of things come to mind: 1) The perfect plagiarism checker. Now that we have bots that write like humans (scary!), I want a technology that can tell me absolutely for sure that a student didn’t procure a bit of writing from the internet. I had a high
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Written Reflection

Goals

  • I teach an online asynchronous course, Creating Arguments. It’s a Creative Thought Direction gen ed with all levels, freshmen through seniors. For a long time, it seemed that students could ride a solid C in this class from beginning to end and not necessarily learn anything new about argument
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Reflection

  • I chose a mirror as my metaphor/symbol for both teaching and learning because reflection is such a key part of education, both as a student and as a teacher. This metaphor works well for me because I try to intentionally reflect on my teaching on a regular basis to
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Recent Comments by Taylore

  • I mean, this may seem simplistic, but one of my main goals right now is to make sure that my texts... More >>
    Comment on: What are some practices or strategies that you have employed in your teaching to encourage an equitable learning environment? What is a new strategy that you have come across this week that you are excited to employ in the future?
    Posted on: 11/09/2023
  • Thank you! This makes me feel better. Yes, it's important that we acknowledge ourselves in the... More >>
    Comment on: A Mix of Flexible and Rigid
    Posted on: 11/08/2023
  • I'm Taylore, and I've been teaching as a TL at PSU for 7 years, the last 4 of which have been online... More >>
    Comment on: Tell about yourself in a few sentences! Who are you and why are you here? (Care & Equity, Fall 2023)
    Posted on: 10/31/2023
  • I think it's a smarter version. Like, I don't need to plug into a computer or worry about additional... More >>
    Comment on: My Dream Tech
    Posted on: 02/24/2023

Latest Annotations from Taylore

  • Definitely! We need to be okay with this. And I've learned that students who are learning about... More >>
    Annotation on: Why asking students their preferred pronoun is not a good idea (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
    Posted by: tja1005
    Posted on: 11/10/2023
  • I've always wondered how to best support students who are constantly misgendered. I had a trans male... More >>
    Annotation on: Why asking students their preferred pronoun is not a good idea (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
    Posted by: tja1005
    Posted on: 11/10/2023
  • I've actually started collecting this information in a handwritten letter from students. And they... More >>
    Annotation on: Why asking students their preferred pronoun is not a good idea (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
    Posted by: tja1005
    Posted on: 11/10/2023
  • Ahh, I hadn't thought about it that way. Thank you.... More >>
    Annotation on: Who Cares? : How to Reshape A Democratic Politics
    Posted by: tja1005
    Posted on: 11/08/2023
  • We can connect this to the dismantling of Affirmative Action and how colleges are trying to work... More >>
    Annotation on: Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam
    Posted by: tja1005
    Posted on: 11/08/2023

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Stop Five: Exploring Your Portfolio

This page is your personal workspace in Design Forward. Whenever you complete an activity in a module, it will be posted here. In addition, you can add portfolio items at any time. At the bottom of the page, you will see a gray bar with options to add images, files, videos, text reflections, or workbook pages. 

On the right, you will see your most recent comments and annotations as well as any questions you’ve asked. 

Your portfolio lives outside of any individual module — it is available across your entire Design Forward experience. If you click on the Participants link  you will be able to see everyone else participating in a module and visit their portfolios. They can visit yours as well. 

Take some time to explore the options in your portfolio; you don’t need to add anything at this time. When you’re done click the “Back to the Map” button.

At the end of this stop in the Orientation journey, you will have 

  • Understand how content is added to your portfolio
  • Learned that your portfolio is available across all the DF modules you participate in.