I am so glad that we got to hear a lesson plan today from a student that is getting ready to be a teacher. She has had lots of experience with lesson plans so that gave us a better idea of how it will get easier and what our lessons should look like in a couple years from now. Maddie used all of the stuff that we have learned so far in Education 250. She did a great job of using TPACK. She used her content knowledge, pedagogy, which is teaching in great ways and technology. She did not use technology to teach her whole lesson, she just used it to help her teach with the content knowledge she already had. This is something I need to work on because as we all know, I am not the brightest when it comes to technology. However it is the 21st century so I do need to learn how to incorporate technology into my lesson plans.
To incorporate technology in my lesson plans, I can use games as some of my other classmates have done in their lesson plans or I can also just use the smart board to write on and have my students get involved as Maddie did today as a good visual.
I am also very happy that we got to read and watch a personal philosophy from a future student who is now a teacher. This helped me out with my philosophy a lot because I had a lot of corrections to make and wasn't sure exactly how it was supposed to be written.
Hearing from older education students and seeing their work really helps out a lot and gives me a better perspective on what teaching is going to look like for me!
I am glad the other candidates' perspectives are helping you grow as a teacher. It is always helpful to hear from someone who has gone before you.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you plans for integrating the 4C's into your future classroom? How will this impact you and your students?
Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you emphasized that learning from those ahead of us is not only just reassurance that we can survive the School of Education. Being able to break down our experience with the World War I lesson is huge in deciding where we want to be with our teaching careers at that time. As we watch those with more experience as well as read blogs, we can internalize what was effective and reflect on how we could put those things into practice. I also really appreciate how you pointed out the significance of the TPACK model. When I was sitting through her lesson, I had gotten caught up in the details and not where it could fit into the larger model.
I love how you're always asking questions in class, and that (communication) is so huge for learning. You may not think you aren't the brightest with technology, but that is not the case! You do very well with it. And she made sure our attention was always on her, which is actually more difficult than most would realize!
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