I want to tell everyone up front that I am confused here on what we are supposed to be doing so I hope I am going in the correct direction. This is my 7th Educational Technology class, and already I have worked myself up to where I don't understand it. I am sure without a doubt it is a simple fix and once I speak to Dr. D I will say, wow it was so simple all along ;) But until then I am not sure what I am doing ;) Regardless, I don't want to fall behind so I will attempt to give this a try.
I would like to do my Instructional Design Project in some way based on the High School drop out rate here in Texas. I have a immense passion for at-risk students and feel that they are the ones getting "left behind" even though NCLB is such a huge factor in our state. I taught at an alternative school and saw first hand how high stakes testing affected the drop out rate. Students would drop out of school because they knew they couldn't pass that test, or they would become course complete but not be able to pass one section of the state mandated test. Why can't they state make it to where the test is weighted, where if a student isn't good in two subjects but passes the other two they can somehow weigh them all out so that they can at least get a diploma. Let's face it, not all students are college bound, even though again the educational system pushes them to go that route. Why can't we push more vocational training as we use to in schools?
Again, I don't know how this all plays a role in the Instructional Design Plan but I am sure somehow it will all plan out just fine.
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