AHHH!! Am I going to be able to do this class?! The
first day of class had me completely overwhelmed. We
have to what when um? What is Web CT all about? I
didn’t know what was up and what was down anymore. All
I know is this is going to be a lot of work. Am I prepared
for this? Can I do it? I guess, I kind of have to. I mean
nothing will get in my way of what I want and all I want is
to be a teacher.
The two assignments that are bothering me are the
webquest and the e-folio. I mean I think I will be able to
do ok as far as the technology aspect it is the time that
I’m worried about. I mean I’m taking on three grad
classes this year, and I think I got in a little over my
head, but shhh don’t tell anyone. I work fulltime and I’m
planning a wedding. I will have to learn to plan out my
time to the minute to be able to accomplish all of this.
We have found out that pre- assessment has to be one of
the most important types of assessment, and yet the
most forgotten. The way I look at it, you have to know
where you are starting from to know where you have to
go. If a teacher doesn’t pre assess her class then how
will she know what she has to teach, or if maybe she has
to back track to build a strong foundation. I know as I
was going through school I can’t seem to remember my
teacher ever pre assessing for prior knowledge. I think
this is a down fall in the educational system that they are
now trying to fix. The teachers that I work with all pre
assess their students. It could be that they are now told
to or it could be because that’s how they were taught, it
doesn’t matter either way as long as they are doing it.
1. Where and what do you plan to teach?
2. What teaching or similar experiences have you
had?
3. What has made you proud?
4. What makes you anxious about teaching?
1.
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3.
4.
The Tee shirt idea was great. I really enjoyed
making my tee-shirt. It made me think of different
aspects of teaching. The other wonderful part of this
project was being bale to share our tee shirts with our
classmates. I really enjoyed hearing what everyone else’s
thoughts were. It was interesting g to see that we all
have most of the same anxiety, fear. Even if we didn’t
put same we were all able to relate to each others, after
all I guess in a way we are all in the same boat.
This is an important to find out how a student learns
best. This was one of the first task we were given. We
took a battery of test to see how we are as learners.
From these test the whole class learned a lot about each
other and about themselves. It is important for a person
to know what kind of learner they are. This is important
for teachers to know about their students, to see what
the student’s strengths, weakness and interest.
According to the test on Educational philosophies, my
educational philosophy is a combination of Information
Processing, Humanism, and Cognitivism/Constructivism. I
was surprise at how each of my philosophies went
together. I knew that I couldn’t be a behaviorist because
I am more of a hands on learner and therefore that’s how
I want to teach. It is important to do a combination of all
learning styles to really hone in all of the students.
I can’t believe how picking 8 colors can be so actuate
on my personality, this completely surprised me. How can
this test know that I’m concerned about the environment,
and I am capable of relaxing and enjoying the finer
things? I mean all I did was eliminate colors and yet it
knew things about me. To me test like this one will always
amaze me.
According to this assessment,
my strengths are as follows:
Naturalist strength: 60
Musical strength: 50
Logical strength: 30
Existential strength: 60
Interpersonal strength: 70
Kinesthetic strength: 80
Verbal strength: 40
Intrapersonal strength: 100
Visual strength: 100
This test was a very interesting. Some of the
results are what I would think. I have always been a
visual person, so it is no surprise that my scores would be
that high. I have never been a very logical person,
therefore it make sense that this score would be so low.
There are a few that I am surprise by, those are the
verbal scores is a little lower then I would expect and
the existential score was a little bit on the lower side
too. Over all I think this was a very effective test and is
it very interesting to find about myself.
This is what is said about
me:
Peaceful
Discreet
Non-Aggressive
You are easy-going yet discreet. You make friends effortlessly, yet enjoy your
privacy and independence. You like to get away from it all and be alone
from time to time to contemplate the meaning of life and enjoy yourself.
You need space, so you escape to beautiful hideaways, but you are not a
loner. You are at peace with yourself and the world, and you appreciate life
and what this world has to offer
I think is a very good gauge of me. For anyone that
knows me would agree that this definitely describes me.
I find it amazing how just from picking a picture this test
can tell me these things.
This didn’t surprise me a bit I have always been a
tactile learner. If I am truly going to learn something I
need to do it myself. This is obvious to me because in
class I learn better when I am taking notes. When I have
to study for a test I always do the same thing. I get a
yellow legal pad and begin to rewrite my notes. The more
I rewrite them the better I will know them.
Assessment is important tool to teaching. Not only
does a teacher need to pre-assess their students they
need to asses them during and after a lesson. It is
important to always and a grasp of what your class is
understanding and more importantly what they do not
understand. In every lesson there has to be some form
of assessment. There are many types of assessment. The
assessment that I think is under utilized is feedback.
Feedback is more then just a letter grade on paper it is
constructive comments that help the student learn from
their mistakes or it lets them know what about the paper
makes it an A. Now that I know all the different types
of assessment I know that I will use all the types every
time I teach a lesson, because assessment is a tool that
is used before, during and after a lesson.