DIGITAL BLOG POST #J

I definitely think it’s a good idea for students who want to become teachers to have a teacher assessment.  This will allow “supervisors” to assess you on how well you work with students, the environment you're in, and your overall performance. You will still have to go through writing assignments, self-assessments, and observations. It will be hard going through this process thinking, “why do I have to do?” If you really if think about it you don’t do as well your first ( and I’m sure you’ll do great but maybe your nervousness gets the best of you) and you can learn from your mistakes and possibly improve on them. I’m pretty sure the day I have to go through this process I might not be surprised that I would have to do it possibly more time. I’m sure my anxiety will get the best of me. But all in all it’s a learning experience for all of us and I believe that it will do more good than harm if you really think about it.

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A digital teaching portfolio is a great idea! This is the best way for teachers to stay organized about past materials they've used and it’s all convenient for them because it’s online. This is including video, power-points, even papers. I don’t have my portfolio anymore I lost it in high school, but when I was taking education for students, starting as freshmen in school, it definitely helped when I got to be a junior and I was graduating from the program I had looked back on all the projects we had used. The ones that worked and ones that didn't worked. My final project as a Junior was a huge percentage for an overall grade and how well I did in the program so having my past materials was such a big help to me. I was able to study and get a really nice grade for everything I had done. I’m pretty sure I was not the only one because there were 6 other periods of this class every day of every week. You had to sometimes be clever in your teachings if you wanted to stand out. But thank goodness my teacher gave us the best advice for making our portfolio.

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I am the type of person that I like writing reflections on my day, like what’s going on during the day, how I’m feeling about certain situations. I feel if you don’t take the time to reflect on your experiences you don’t really “learn” from them. You live and you learn that's how I see it at least. I think this is a great opportunity for teachers and students to reflect on their school and teaching experiences. I remember when I was in high school I used to think on how I did things for certain classes, and looking back I think “wow I could have done this or that better.” I happens to the best of us. This can make you a better student or future teacher. You can take all this experiences and use them to make yourself as a student better or make your classroom a better experience and possibly have a good cycle running because of that.

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My cartoon self is having a meltdown... will I survive and face my peers or just run.

(my money is on running, just saying haha :D )

Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

www.BitStrips.com

Kidd, W., & Czerniawski, G. (2010). Successful teaching 14-19 theory, practice, and reflection. Los Angeles: Sage.

DIGITAL BLOG POST #I chapter 4

DIGITAL BLOG POST #I chapter 4

I think with teaching it can tough on teachers, if they don’t have a set lesson plan. Or have an idea of what they going to teach.  So what normally helps is when teachers are using the design and development meaning this is how teacher can create and evaluate their lesson plans. There’s 3 elements to keep in mind when trying to make instructions for classroom. There’s academic content like what to teach, there’s teaching goals and methods, and procedures like how to teach, and learning assessments knowing what the student has learned. This i will help teachers keep their goal in mind in what they want to teach in the classroom.

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I am so glad Professor Coleman showed us the website RubiStar for making rubrics. It was hard making one on your own but you learn you can do it. It just takes a bit of time that’s all. But for the teachers who need to make a quick rubric this website is amazing you can it make for which ever category you need. Reading, writing, and even music. I am going to use this website when I start teaching, if I feel like I missed something in my rubric I can always go back and edit it. There won't be any hiccups or confusion from my stand point and the students. we will both be able to agree on the points that were given for the type of project that was presented.

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What I found that was fascinating was the performance assessment. It doesn’t just mean watching and scoring a student's test or paper anymore. It can refer to so many different things now. Like for example art students, there not a lot of testing going on in the classroom, but the student can be can have a performance evaluation on their portfolio, dance routine, or just using their basic knowledge in front of school judges or people that are evaluating them. This will definitely fall on me and some of my other classmates. We might have to be evaluated in the classroom in order to receive our teaching license. This is falls on students and as well as on teachers that have experienced this.

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See what my BitStrip self wants to teach <--------------- I thought it was funny haha :)


Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

www.BitStrips.com


Haynes, A. (2007). 100 ideas for lesson planning. London: Continuum.

Haynes, A. (2010). The complete guide to lesson planning and preparation. London: Continuum.

DIGITAL BLOG POST #H Chapter 9

DIGITAL BLOG POST #H Chapter 9

When it comes to grabbing the attention of students, I feel like there are so many resources to create this. The 1st that I think of is using PowerPoint. PowerPoint is a type of software that lets you design electronic presentations having a series of pages and slides. Here teachers can get really creative with their slideshows. They can add audio, pictures, even videos. This is usually done with an overhead-projection and a type of transparency sometimes with a slide show with slide. Students and teachers can get really creative with PowerPoint. There is no “wrong” way of using this software. You’ll see that no two PowerPoints are the same. I really liked (and still do use) this program. I can go as extreme with my colors and  font as I want or I can just stay as conservative as I want.

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When I was in the 4th grade I remember my teacher having a digital projector over-head, I thought that was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I felt like my teacher had the privilege of using that  type of machine in the classroom or she won some kind of raffle to use. I’m super weird but yeah I thought that. But anyways I had learned a lot from that cool looking overhead. From reading and learning how to write a proper paper for the FCAT prompt, understanding math lessons, and just having the teacher explain things on the overhead. It helped a lot. I was able to understand math less because the teacher was doing it step by step and I was able to see it for myself. When the teacher was going over the prompts you can see the type of writing people would write and you can see the examples of what was a good prompt and a bad one, it was actually nice to see the right and wrong on writing prompts.

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I want to say I didn’t start using this format of technology til I started college. The iPodcast. This has come such a long way from where the ipod started. I was having such hard time with learning science class like Biology or Chemistry, and the funny thing was I love science. Learning the chemicals, mixture of formulas, and the overall of fascination of it. But I had a tough time with it, the teacher would help but I felt like how they were explaining it I couldn't understand it. So I decided I my iPod and it came with this free app already built in it and you can download lectures and videos. It was such a helpful app that I still use it till today and I recommend it to others to use. If there is a way for others to explain it differently this is the way to go. I use it now for listening to my favorite authors lectures or people that have weekend talk shows. Teachers can use this type of technology for their students and have this provided for students. Maybe one students can find it helpful even if another doesn't understand the material.

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