Week 3 of classes was a great week! Today I got approved to be a student teacher in the Spring of 2018. Also our class got the opportunity to go to Washington Elementary and meet the teachers and principal we will be working with. I am very excited to start helping out at Washington. The teachers were very friendly, very opened to working with us and appreciative that we will be able to help them with whatever they need that day. This will be great experience for us to be working hands on with the students and give us many opportunities to teach and get comfortable in the classroom. We do not have a set list of things that we will be doing so it will be very realistic because we all know that is how it will be when we start teaching. Life happens and we will have to juggle multiple things at a time and change schedules around when different things pop up.
This week we spent time talking about the professional development plan and how to create SMART goals. This will be very helpful and effective for us because these goals will help us grow as individuals and help us prepare for student teaching. We can also put them in our portfolio and show how we have grown over time. This is from NC standard 4. We need to be able to facilitate learning for our students. We as teachers need to set goals for ourselves and learn as much as we can so that way we will be able to facilitate learning for our students in the best way possible. The goals that I set for myself now, will effect my students in my future classroom. For example, one goal I am setting is to research technology that I can use to impact student learning. Once I have a list of different technology tools I can use, I can then take that list and integrate it into my teaching.
Generalizations is another concept we spent time talking about and watched a video about. Generalizations are what we want our students to learn, but without telling them. We will need to have generalizations for each one of our topics and they will help us to create a better lesson plan if we have that goal and focus in mind.
I have continued on with my outside technology research for this week as well. Although simple, I can have my students’ use a computer or laptop to blog or a use a diary online. I can use Blogger or WordPress to create templates for my students to fill in or simply give them a writing prompt to blog about. I can also have them use Twitter. I can have them summarize the lesson in 140 characters or less to see what main ideas they understood from the lesson. Blogger, WordPress and Twitter are three simple but great ways to assess what students are learning and it gives them an opportunity to express what they have learned and how they feel.
http://www.teachhub.com/12-easy-ways-use-technology-your-classroom-even-technophobic-teachers
Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved going to Washington to meet those sweet teachers, and I totally agree that our experience there will be more realistic. When we went over the SMART goals in class today, it was really helpful when you shared your goal and allowed us to work through it with you. The goal that you have set is an awesome goal, and it will help you in student teaching. I have never thought about using twitter in my classroom to help with a summarizing lesson. That is a wonderful idea. Thank you for sharing!
Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS ON OFFICIALLY BEING APART OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION!!! I know that is so exciting and something we all wait for with such excitement!! I love how in your blog you recap what we have learned in class this week and put it in your own words almost as if you are processing it and writing it out so you understand it better! That is something I will have to keep in mind when blogging! Also, I LOVE your idea about using a blog template or Twitter post to have students summarize what they have learned and express that through writing! I think that would work great and really get kids excited because twitter and other social media is something students can really relate to this day and age...as we are teaching students who were born in 2012!!! Ha Ha! Great post! Have a great weekend!
Caroline Marvin
Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteIt is going to get real quickly for you. Make sure you are being intentional with your time and the connections you are making.
With your outside research, I didn't see research you had done specifically this week. I also need to see specific connections you are making to your future classroom.
Congrats Lindsey!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited for you to have been accepted into the program! Now we will officially student teach at the same time! My favorite thing about your blog was how you connected what happened over at Washington with the scheduling issues. You are absolutely correct that life does sometimes just happen and we must be open and flexible at all times! I also am very excited for our experience at Washington this semester. I believe the teachers' excitement on Wednesday was absolutely contagious, and I am delighted that they are this thrilled to have us in their classrooms!