Thursday, April 26, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Blog Post 10
Do you Teach or Do you Educate?
"Education is not the filling of a vessel, but the kindling of a flame." – Socrates
When I decided to become an educator, I did it for these reasons: I could not think of another field to go into, I knew I wanted to help people learn, I wanted to be a role model, and I loved the teaching methods my elementary teachers used to teach me. I use some of their methods now when I am assigned teaching assignments. I idolized my teachers and I always said, “This is what I want to do.”
I intend to educate by students by getting them involved in the lessons I teach them. I will instruct them with smart board activities and I will allow them to interact with it as well. I will take that extra step for my students. I will provide my students with instructional websites, like Dr. Strange has done for us. I also want my children to know how to read and write, effectively! I will assign them different reading comprehension assignments, have them write out what and how they felt about the reading, and then they will be able to type their responses once I have proofread them. This is just one example of how I plan to educate my students; I will incorporate more than one teaching and learning method for my students.
Don't Let Them Take the Pencils Home
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Mr. Johnson kept a positive outlook in a general conversation he was having with another teacher. The teacher was more concerned with children learning from the structured learning environment; instead he encourages them playing different games and learning from them such as hangman. He believes they may learn something more valuable from their games than what we teach. He just has very open mind about children’s learning. This just teaches us that as we become educators to not focus so much on our students scoring high on test scores, but to encourage them to learn.
"Education is not the filling of a vessel, but the kindling of a flame." – Socrates
When I decided to become an educator, I did it for these reasons: I could not think of another field to go into, I knew I wanted to help people learn, I wanted to be a role model, and I loved the teaching methods my elementary teachers used to teach me. I use some of their methods now when I am assigned teaching assignments. I idolized my teachers and I always said, “This is what I want to do.”
I intend to educate by students by getting them involved in the lessons I teach them. I will instruct them with smart board activities and I will allow them to interact with it as well. I will take that extra step for my students. I will provide my students with instructional websites, like Dr. Strange has done for us. I also want my children to know how to read and write, effectively! I will assign them different reading comprehension assignments, have them write out what and how they felt about the reading, and then they will be able to type their responses once I have proofread them. This is just one example of how I plan to educate my students; I will incorporate more than one teaching and learning method for my students.
Don't Let Them Take the Pencils Home
Mr. Johnson kept a positive outlook in a general conversation he was having with another teacher. The teacher was more concerned with children learning from the structured learning environment; instead he encourages them playing different games and learning from them such as hangman. He believes they may learn something more valuable from their games than what we teach. He just has very open mind about children’s learning. This just teaches us that as we become educators to not focus so much on our students scoring high on test scores, but to encourage them to learn.
Blog Post 9
What I've Learned This Year (2008-09)
What I've Learned This Year (2008-09) must read for all new teachers. Dr. McClung is the author of a series of blogs and this one pertains to his first year of teaching. He list several guidelines for us as new teachers to follow. He advises us to be patient, to communicate, and to not be afraid of technology. When advised us to be flexible he gave a quote, "NO LESSON IS EVER PERFECT. THE LESSON YOU TEACH AND THE ONE YOU PLAN ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT." Your first year of teaching is a learning experience, well ALL of your years of teaching will be a learning experience. The first year just allows you to trial and error different methods you can and will use for the future. He tells us not to throw a fit about our lesson plans and activities having a total different outcome than expected. The quote he gave about one his students, "I know my teacher cares about me as a person when he.
- Listens to what I say" was very inspirational. It just further shows how much our students really care that we pay attention to them. I think that EVERY teacher should have a wonderful Student-Teacher relationship. We are who our students see for the majority of a week-day's time. Taking the time out to listen to your students, teaching in a manner that is fun and somewhat caters to their likes and way of learning is a great way to effectively get your students to comprehend the curriculum you are trying to teach.
What I've Learned This Year (2009-10)
Dr. McClung informs us of his first year teaching junior high school students and his new teaching curriculum. He advises us to find a school mom, a teacher who has been teaching at the school for several years. She has the run down on how the school operates and functions. I agree with this and I think we all can relate to this. I know whenever I start a new job I always find a “job mom”. It provides a sense of security to me; it really helps with my confidence and improves my job performance. He tells us to be passionate, even if we’re faking it, about the subject we are teaching our students. If we as educators just stand in front of the classroom reading directly out of a book to our students they will be very bored. This creates behavior problems and possibly low test scores because our students are uninterested in the subject matter at hand. Dr. McClung also spoke about what really matters which is our students. He explained how the biggest conflicts in the school are not with the students they are with the staff, the adults! This is very true. Having a disagreement with how a staff member or administration is handling a situation should not be taken out negatively on your students. The students are our priority; just take the situation with a grain of salt and get back to what is really important, teaching your students as effectively as possible.
What I've Learned This Year (2008-09) must read for all new teachers. Dr. McClung is the author of a series of blogs and this one pertains to his first year of teaching. He list several guidelines for us as new teachers to follow. He advises us to be patient, to communicate, and to not be afraid of technology. When advised us to be flexible he gave a quote, "NO LESSON IS EVER PERFECT. THE LESSON YOU TEACH AND THE ONE YOU PLAN ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT." Your first year of teaching is a learning experience, well ALL of your years of teaching will be a learning experience. The first year just allows you to trial and error different methods you can and will use for the future. He tells us not to throw a fit about our lesson plans and activities having a total different outcome than expected. The quote he gave about one his students, "I know my teacher cares about me as a person when he.
- Listens to what I say" was very inspirational. It just further shows how much our students really care that we pay attention to them. I think that EVERY teacher should have a wonderful Student-Teacher relationship. We are who our students see for the majority of a week-day's time. Taking the time out to listen to your students, teaching in a manner that is fun and somewhat caters to their likes and way of learning is a great way to effectively get your students to comprehend the curriculum you are trying to teach.
What I've Learned This Year (2009-10)
Dr. McClung informs us of his first year teaching junior high school students and his new teaching curriculum. He advises us to find a school mom, a teacher who has been teaching at the school for several years. She has the run down on how the school operates and functions. I agree with this and I think we all can relate to this. I know whenever I start a new job I always find a “job mom”. It provides a sense of security to me; it really helps with my confidence and improves my job performance. He tells us to be passionate, even if we’re faking it, about the subject we are teaching our students. If we as educators just stand in front of the classroom reading directly out of a book to our students they will be very bored. This creates behavior problems and possibly low test scores because our students are uninterested in the subject matter at hand. Dr. McClung also spoke about what really matters which is our students. He explained how the biggest conflicts in the school are not with the students they are with the staff, the adults! This is very true. Having a disagreement with how a staff member or administration is handling a situation should not be taken out negatively on your students. The students are our priority; just take the situation with a grain of salt and get back to what is really important, teaching your students as effectively as possible.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Blog Post 8
Richard Miller
In the videos Richard Miller: This is How We Dream Part 1 and Richard Miller: This is How We Dream Part 2 he speaks about how the world has made a change with the use of technology. He states that, “Writing in the academy has changed and writing in the culture has changed.” We can now communicate instantly and globally by Twitter, Facebook, and email for example. If we have never been engaged in literacy before we should definitely now is that time.
I do think I will be prepared to have my students write with multimedia, but as I have said before in previous blog posts, my students will write using pen and paper as well. I think students need to have experience in both areas writing and multimedia usage. Technology is the new way of the world, but children need to know the basic fundamentals of using a pen and paper.
Using multimedia does not just consist of typing; it includes the use of pictures, videos, and research as well. This is a very affordable and convenient way for students to enhance their school work. Material can now be changed right before our eyes as we are viewing it. Someone is constantly updating information on the web. We learn new information almost every second.
Carly's Blog Post #12
Carly’s Blog Post #12 was very insightful and creative. The main objective was to create a personal playlist that views things in the same light as you. She provided guidelines for the videos to look for, the ones you liked the most you just save. It allows students to somewhat control their way of learning.
The Chipper Series
The Chipper Series was very funny. Chipper decides in her mind that since Dr. Strange is not teaching then he is not doing his job. She feels that procrastination is turning in your work even if it is late. In her eyes late work is ok. Chipper even created a school called Timeline Pilot School. She in the mean time finds other jobs and fails miserably at those jobs as well. Chipper returns back to Dr. Strange’s class and realizes she has to do the required work assigned for Dr. Strange’s class. His method of “teaching” allows us to be independent learners and if we do need help he has lab assistants and himself to assist us. This video is exaggerated but it is very true how we as students want the easy way out, which is NEVER beneficial to us in the end.
EDM310 is for Dummies
EDM310 is for Dummies, starts off with two very angry students throwing a tantrum about![]()
the class. They eventually grew to like and understand EDM310. This class requires a lot of time, effort, and patience. It starts off bumpy then it transitions to a smooth ride.
I would like to create and participate in a video that demonstrates that technology should not replace basic fundamentals in the classroom. The use of pen and paper in the classroom is essential for present and future students.
Learn to Change, Change to Learn
I agree with the notion they made about the standardized tests. One man stated “the jobs these kids are seeking do not call for this right answer vending machine approach.” I think this is a true statement. We as students are given all of these standardized tests that are socially and somewhat racially biased. They indeed have nothing to do with what we (the students) will use in the future. These tests are usually what the curriculum is based on and it has nothing to do with nothing in my opinion.
The teachers in this video believe technology is an adaptation that has to be made. It is now becoming a way of life. Thanks to technology children now have the opportunity to learn outside of the classroom and bring back what they have learned to school. We as educators and future educators know how important education is. We have to do something about Education being ranked near the lowest. Utilizing technology may be the key. We have to prepare our future leaders.
In the videos Richard Miller: This is How We Dream Part 1 and Richard Miller: This is How We Dream Part 2 he speaks about how the world has made a change with the use of technology. He states that, “Writing in the academy has changed and writing in the culture has changed.” We can now communicate instantly and globally by Twitter, Facebook, and email for example. If we have never been engaged in literacy before we should definitely now is that time.
I do think I will be prepared to have my students write with multimedia, but as I have said before in previous blog posts, my students will write using pen and paper as well. I think students need to have experience in both areas writing and multimedia usage. Technology is the new way of the world, but children need to know the basic fundamentals of using a pen and paper.
Using multimedia does not just consist of typing; it includes the use of pictures, videos, and research as well. This is a very affordable and convenient way for students to enhance their school work. Material can now be changed right before our eyes as we are viewing it. Someone is constantly updating information on the web. We learn new information almost every second.
Carly's Blog Post #12
Carly’s Blog Post #12 was very insightful and creative. The main objective was to create a personal playlist that views things in the same light as you. She provided guidelines for the videos to look for, the ones you liked the most you just save. It allows students to somewhat control their way of learning.
The Chipper Series
The Chipper Series was very funny. Chipper decides in her mind that since Dr. Strange is not teaching then he is not doing his job. She feels that procrastination is turning in your work even if it is late. In her eyes late work is ok. Chipper even created a school called Timeline Pilot School. She in the mean time finds other jobs and fails miserably at those jobs as well. Chipper returns back to Dr. Strange’s class and realizes she has to do the required work assigned for Dr. Strange’s class. His method of “teaching” allows us to be independent learners and if we do need help he has lab assistants and himself to assist us. This video is exaggerated but it is very true how we as students want the easy way out, which is NEVER beneficial to us in the end.
EDM310 is for Dummies
EDM310 is for Dummies, starts off with two very angry students throwing a tantrum about
the class. They eventually grew to like and understand EDM310. This class requires a lot of time, effort, and patience. It starts off bumpy then it transitions to a smooth ride.
I would like to create and participate in a video that demonstrates that technology should not replace basic fundamentals in the classroom. The use of pen and paper in the classroom is essential for present and future students.
Learn to Change, Change to Learn
I agree with the notion they made about the standardized tests. One man stated “the jobs these kids are seeking do not call for this right answer vending machine approach.” I think this is a true statement. We as students are given all of these standardized tests that are socially and somewhat racially biased. They indeed have nothing to do with what we (the students) will use in the future. These tests are usually what the curriculum is based on and it has nothing to do with nothing in my opinion.
The teachers in this video believe technology is an adaptation that has to be made. It is now becoming a way of life. Thanks to technology children now have the opportunity to learn outside of the classroom and bring back what they have learned to school. We as educators and future educators know how important education is. We have to do something about Education being ranked near the lowest. Utilizing technology may be the key. We have to prepare our future leaders.
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