DIGITAL BLOG POST #C chapter 3

Lesson plans, oh lesson  plans. They are tricky little pieces of paper to write out for. I know there are many teachers that would to teach random subjects. But because of the lesson they do not get off track. I like that teachers can have their students involved with the process of having a lesson plan. Like asking the students to make a lesson and see their ideas and their points of view on the class and where they are. I believe this would want students to become more involved and actually get them excited because maybe their teacher took into consideration their feedback and now are getting their lesson taught in a different way. I seriously think this could open doors and possibly a lot of windows for teachers and students. They could possibly see eye to eye on their subjects now.

I for one have never agreed with standardized testing. Why should one student be compared to another? Just because you have two students of the same age, level,  and in the same subject it does not mean that they will both will have the same test score. One student could do better than the student right next him. After having to take the FCAT till I was in the 10th grade was just mortifying for me. I couldn’t stand the fact that I had to take it in order to pass to another grade level. I felt ashamed and embarrassed because I felt like I had to prove myself to the state, my professors, and for my school. Talk about no pressure there. It was already bad enough that I had to study for different materials and pass, now I had to try to pass this exam without a study guide. Thanks but no thanks, you can keep your standardizing tests.

I really like how the book goes into full on mode details about the student rubrics. I was having a bit of a tough time with understand how to write rubrics so this was a great insider on how teachers should write theirs out and according to the assignment the professor is giving. It’s about having the student or the whole class guidelines and how you would you want the assignment done. I didn’t think rubrics were a “big deal” I would take my professor’s word on whether or not I did well, but then again I know there would be people out there wanting to against the teachers word and fight for a “better” grade.

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