I'm not sure why but this assignment was very difficult for me. For as confident as I am to teach my fourth graders each day, I do not feel confident gettting up in front of a group of my peers to teach. It was hard to pretend that my peers were kids in my classroom. So, I decided to create a "lesson" for my peers instead. But, I was not at all confident about my choice when I was finished with the lesson. There are so many new things that I learn about teaching every year. I have learned a great deal from teachers who have just come out of college and are in their first year of teaching. I will never be finished learning new ways to give my students the best instruction available at the time.
I did not enjoy watching the video of my lesson. I cannot give a specific detail of what I needed to fix or work on, but I just know I didn't like watching myself. I probably should tape myself more often sot that I can really analyze my teaching more thoroughly.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Legal Review
I must admit my lack of technology knowledge has me at a loss for how to change this assignment. Personally, I learn best auditorially so I really learned a lot from the class discussion about all of the legal reviews. Many other people have posted that we are so concerned with the push of technology that we forget to teach the "basics" to our students. I couldn't agree more. Writing is a vital skill that is not emphasized enough in our technolgy based world. And, I love class discussions. It is so nice, and a refreshing change, to be able to sit down with a group of intelligent, eloquent people and learn from them through discussion.
One thing that I would like to change is the class blog. I really enjoyed the Wiki discussion board where you can see everyone's discussion on one page. The blog is not as user friendly and can be tedious. You have to make the effort to go and search out other people's discussions. If we were using Wiki, all of the posts show up on one page and it is much easier to discuss and share ideas as a whole class.
One thing that I would like to change is the class blog. I really enjoyed the Wiki discussion board where you can see everyone's discussion on one page. The blog is not as user friendly and can be tedious. You have to make the effort to go and search out other people's discussions. If we were using Wiki, all of the posts show up on one page and it is much easier to discuss and share ideas as a whole class.
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