Reflection for TRB Standard 8

I believe that my involvement in contributing to writing a paper to be presented at

the 2017 Westcast conference illustrates that I have achieved TRB standard 8.
Westcast is a yearly educational conference in which delegates come from various
places which includes both Canada and across the world to attend. Essentially, it is a
forum where delegates do workshops and lectures on a number of subjects. As is
the case with most educational conferences, this is an opportunity to put forward
innovative educational philosophies and/methodologies. This year Westcast came to
Vancouver Island University and therefore we were given the chance to present a
paper. The central concept devised by the lecturer who introduced it to us was that
we worked in groups in order to devise and discuss ideas for a potential paper.
There was a great deal of emphasis on the chance to experiment with and devise
new teaching methodologies. This was important, as there would have been no other
chance during our teacher training. In the context of TRB standard 8, this was also
an excellent chance to contribute to the profession. The methodology we put forward
was how a primary source could be reinterpreted through other mediums. These
included musical,visual arts, poetry, and fiction. In theory, we believed that this was
an excellent way in which to appeal to different learning styles and give students a
chance to present their best work.Prior to Westcast we were given a chance to
experiment in a live situation. This was called the Education Expo where groups
comprised from all three cohorts were able to present their ideas as either a group or
as an individual in various mediums. This included posters,lectures and interactive
pieces. Supplementing this was that the lecturer who had organised the expo would
assess each presentation and offer advice in the way of improvements. After This
the suggested improvements were made in order to convert our interactive
presentation After consultation between our group regarding the improvements to
the paper, the final paper was presented at the conference. Although, I did not attend
Westcast I contributed a great deal to the final paper presented at the conference.
As I was the source of the central idea I believe that my involvement was significant
enough to achieve TRB standard 8.