This week I really enjoyed. I do not know about everyone else, but I thoroughly do not get bored reading the text book. I liked the videos that we watched also. I liked seeing the students making accommodations for the little girl who had different beliefs than the others. It was nice to see that they did not pick on her for her diversity. I wish that was how everyone took diversity. They accepted her for her. The websites were nice too. I did not get involved in all of them because some did not catch my eyes like the others.
I also think that I will learn more from just UNCP. I feel that with experiences with children and hands on in the classroom will be a big learning experience. UNCP will give me the knowledge on what I need to know to teach efficiently and how to accommodate learning styles, but I know that I will learn more from experiences.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Module 2
I feel that schooling does not interfere with children's personal growth because they are in an environment where they can meet people and socialize when appropriate. I think that this is able to build their social skills and interact with people. I also think that this gives them the opportunity to learn from someone if it is better than what they do. For example, if someone saw how organized I was and how quick it is for me to find things in my notebook, they might want to be as organized and ask for help on getting organized. I also feel that they are able to learn more in a public or private school than home-schooling. Not that I am against home-schooling, I just feel that they learn how to do the things above as well as ask for help when they need it. Also after school tutoring is offered after school if they need that extra lift of help. I also feel that as an individual you grow off of what you know. You are also in an environment where you can wear and express who you are as an individual and this is in no way shape or form stopping a child in their own personal growth.
Children learn in many ways. Like the assessment we took, some of us are visual/verbal learners and some of us are auditory/verbal learners, as for other they are kinesthetic and have to have hands on. Not only do children learn through their learning styles, they learn from one another. Working in groups after a fresh lesson is always good because some children are afraid to raise their hand and ask a question because they feel that it may be a stupid question. So in a "safe" environment among a close group of friends they are able to ask the question that they needed the answer to and did not feel stupid doing it.
I learn from everything. I usually learn from reading and taking notes. I am also one who likes to work in groups. Not only do I get to ask questions and work problems out together, I also get to enjoy school for more than learning. I get to socialize a little with my friends. I also learn from others. I like to take in ideas that work for them and try them out myself to see if it works for me to make it either more simple or easier.
For the past 4 years I have been an AVID tutor for the New Hanover County School system. I was working with a group of seventh graders and he asked me what 9*6 was. I asked him if he knew the 9 times tables on his hands. He said that he had no idea what I was talking about. So I told him to hold his hands out in front of him. I told him that 9*1 was 9. You figure this out by putting down your pinkie on your left hand and what is left on the left side was nine fingers. I told him that 9*2 was 18. I told him to put down the 2nd finger (the ring on the left) and it was 1 and then eight left on the right side. I told him that 9*3 was 27. So I told him to put down the 3rd finger and there was 2 fingers on the left and 7 on the right. I hoe you get it. It is easier done in person. Anyways, he was so excited that he could carry around his 9 times tables with him at all times. He was so proud of himself that he showed another student. The next week when I did AVID again with him, he told me that the trick I showed him helped him in the test he took and he passed with an A. I was so proud of him and myself for showing him something so simple in my eyes, but was so valuable in his. I was glad that I helped someone and this is one of the reasons why I want to be a math teacher!
Children learn in many ways. Like the assessment we took, some of us are visual/verbal learners and some of us are auditory/verbal learners, as for other they are kinesthetic and have to have hands on. Not only do children learn through their learning styles, they learn from one another. Working in groups after a fresh lesson is always good because some children are afraid to raise their hand and ask a question because they feel that it may be a stupid question. So in a "safe" environment among a close group of friends they are able to ask the question that they needed the answer to and did not feel stupid doing it.
I learn from everything. I usually learn from reading and taking notes. I am also one who likes to work in groups. Not only do I get to ask questions and work problems out together, I also get to enjoy school for more than learning. I get to socialize a little with my friends. I also learn from others. I like to take in ideas that work for them and try them out myself to see if it works for me to make it either more simple or easier.
For the past 4 years I have been an AVID tutor for the New Hanover County School system. I was working with a group of seventh graders and he asked me what 9*6 was. I asked him if he knew the 9 times tables on his hands. He said that he had no idea what I was talking about. So I told him to hold his hands out in front of him. I told him that 9*1 was 9. You figure this out by putting down your pinkie on your left hand and what is left on the left side was nine fingers. I told him that 9*2 was 18. I told him to put down the 2nd finger (the ring on the left) and it was 1 and then eight left on the right side. I told him that 9*3 was 27. So I told him to put down the 3rd finger and there was 2 fingers on the left and 7 on the right. I hoe you get it. It is easier done in person. Anyways, he was so excited that he could carry around his 9 times tables with him at all times. He was so proud of himself that he showed another student. The next week when I did AVID again with him, he told me that the trick I showed him helped him in the test he took and he passed with an A. I was so proud of him and myself for showing him something so simple in my eyes, but was so valuable in his. I was glad that I helped someone and this is one of the reasons why I want to be a math teacher!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Blogging Assignment
As to what I said in module one, After watching the video, it made me feel like teaching was important, unlike the book, I felt like teaching was a semi-profession. A teacher is someone who really impacts people and makes a difference. The mood was positive like a classroom should be. That working with children is an incredible experience and not a bad thing all the time. That it is not just a "baby-sitting" job. It made it important to me because we as teachers are shaping the future for these young minds. The thought of that makes the job seem so much more than just teaching. It is like their future is in your hands and its fragile.
I think the characteristics that teachers will need to be effective would one to have thick skin, be firm to what you say, do not come across at first to easy, or else the children will walk all over you. I think that in having thick skin, you need to because there will be those days that you will not want to come to school because of the day before went bad, but you have to. The children do not need to get through your skin. Being firm is not being mean. Some students will say you’re a “mean” teacher, but you’re not. And eventually they will understand the meaning in being firm and mean.
I do not feel that teachers need to be different just because their students are. I mean, kids will be kids, and they want to express themselves to make statements for the other kids. That does not mean that teachers need to go put on black leather jackets, black pants and black lipstick to be different. I think being prepared is upon yourself. I think that every situation that someone comes upon to be prepared, people handle them different. That does not mean if it is working for that particular teacher, for that teacher to go changing how they prepare themselves. I feel that we do not have to do things differently unless we HAVE to. The majority of people do not like change, so why corrupt what they know and make them unhappy when it did not need to happen in the first place. We know that the evolution of teaching preparation is changing, but a person can only be so prepared. It also takes experiences to have some preparation too. For example, you would not know how to prepare to handle a fight in the hallway unless you have experienced it. On paper, yes you know the precautionaries to take, but the situation is always different from the fairy-tale written way in the text books.
I think the characteristics that teachers will need to be effective would one to have thick skin, be firm to what you say, do not come across at first to easy, or else the children will walk all over you. I think that in having thick skin, you need to because there will be those days that you will not want to come to school because of the day before went bad, but you have to. The children do not need to get through your skin. Being firm is not being mean. Some students will say you’re a “mean” teacher, but you’re not. And eventually they will understand the meaning in being firm and mean.
I do not feel that teachers need to be different just because their students are. I mean, kids will be kids, and they want to express themselves to make statements for the other kids. That does not mean that teachers need to go put on black leather jackets, black pants and black lipstick to be different. I think being prepared is upon yourself. I think that every situation that someone comes upon to be prepared, people handle them different. That does not mean if it is working for that particular teacher, for that teacher to go changing how they prepare themselves. I feel that we do not have to do things differently unless we HAVE to. The majority of people do not like change, so why corrupt what they know and make them unhappy when it did not need to happen in the first place. We know that the evolution of teaching preparation is changing, but a person can only be so prepared. It also takes experiences to have some preparation too. For example, you would not know how to prepare to handle a fight in the hallway unless you have experienced it. On paper, yes you know the precautionaries to take, but the situation is always different from the fairy-tale written way in the text books.
Module 1
Ever since I was a little girl I always dreamed of being a teacher. I remember I used to play "school" instead of playing with barbie dolls. My teachers at the end of the year would give me old work books that they were not going to use the next year and old print outs that they were going to throw away. I always asked if they didn't need them to give them to me; and they did. It is the thought in making a difference in lives and young lives at that. I love to touch hearts and if it's just one a year, that is enough for me to smile!
I remember walking into the third grade one morning and starting class. This is when classes were held in one room all day long and you didn't have to see another teacher. I will never forget that day, it was hot outside and the air conditioner was broken in the trailer that we were in. I remember the doors being open and hearing the birds chirping. The teacher had given us a worksheet to complete and if we were done and waiting on the other students we were able to do whatever we wanted as long as we were quiet. So I went and sat in the reading corner and I started reading my book. After the class was done with the worksheet, we went back to our desks and started going over the worksheet. We were told to exchange papers and grade each others. I sat in my neighbors chair as she sat in mine. We were just told to sit some where. Anyways, the teacher was finished calling out the answers and she was going around picking up our papers. Brittany, the girl who sat next to me, was going over some pencil markings in the pencil tray embedded into the desk. It was then that I heard the teacher say, "CRYSTAL SHERMAN, YOU GO TURN YOUR FLAG TO THE RED FLAG RIGHT NOW YOUNG LADY!" I had no idea what had just happened because I was sitting there patiently waiting for her to pick up the paper. I then noticed that Brittany was the one I had gotten in trouble for. She was sitting in my desk, and she confused me for her. I got written up that day and had never been in trouble since my school career had existed. I just remember crying my eyes out because I had gotten "in trouble." When I came home that afternoon I told my mom what had happened and we made a trip back down to the school. My mom was so mad about what had happened and the teacher still told my mom that I was the one who was drawing on the desk. My mom did not believe her (thank god), but I was so disappointed that she really thought I would vandalize school property. Ever since then, I have thought her to be the meanest teacher that I have EVER had.
The best teacher I have ever had was in the 12Th grade. I would love to say her name, but I don't want to get in trouble for telling. Anyways, it was my teacher cadet class. She was the one who truly inspired me to complete my dream into becoming a teacher. It really was not one specific thing she did, it was an act of many through out my senior year. I am a talented artist and I love to draw and paint. I had done something in my art class and she told me that I need to minor in art because I would be an amazing art teacher. I told her that if I did that, that I might loose my interest in art because I would not be doing it for fun, I would be doing it for work. She knew that I wanted to teach math. When we did out field experience, she made sure that I worked with a great school in the middle grade math department. I love her for going the extra mile for doing that for me. Usually we just went and picked a class that was available. She made sure I got to sit and watch something that was worth it! Even though I graduated high school in 2005, she still calls me to check on me to see how things are going with my baby and school. She is a teacher that need a merit or a badge for being such a wonderful and dedicated teacher beyond what is expected of her. She is the one that I look up to and who is my idol.
After reading the text, it made me think, but on a negative note. I did not like the fact that they almost consider teaching a semi-profession (page 12-13). Did anyone complete the two pages? I did and I kind of thought that after the questions I answered that more came out to be a semi-profession. I do not agree with it at all. I almost think that it is a disgrace for them even thinking that. I mean after all of what teachers do, they do more than just teach, they mentor, they are roll models, they go the extra mile for a student if they need it, they do all sorts of duties, and the list goes on. But it does not make since because when you look at page 21, it shows the literacy scores of the professions and the professions that are actually considered to be a profession, the teachers scored right where they did.
I was in shock when I was reading the beginning where they were talking about the history of teaching and they said that, "many of those who entered teaching, especially at the elementary level, were teenagers." (page 15) I can't believe that that was allowed. They are adolescences themselves and very immature beings teaching the future. When the text was asking questions on page 24, "How could we design schools to be happier places, where learning is a joyful experience?" I mean, it's easy, ask the teachers what they want. Just like the Southwest airlines did. If they were to ask me, I would reply by saying, "Don't make learning so brick like, make it fun, as for having better hand on objects to teach with to help every type of learner there is. Let us be able to paint our classroom a color instead of looking at all white walls year round. Children get bored. Make the classroom inviting. What would you do?
After watching the video, it made me feel like teaching was important, unlike the book, I felt like teaching was a semi-profession. A teacher is someone who really impacts people and makes a difference. The mood was positive like a classroom should be. That working with children is an incredible experience and not a bad thing all the time. That it is not just a "baby-sitting" job. It made it important to me because we as teachers are shaping the future for these young minds. The thought of that makes the job seem so much more than just teaching. It is like their future is in your hands and its fragile.
I remember walking into the third grade one morning and starting class. This is when classes were held in one room all day long and you didn't have to see another teacher. I will never forget that day, it was hot outside and the air conditioner was broken in the trailer that we were in. I remember the doors being open and hearing the birds chirping. The teacher had given us a worksheet to complete and if we were done and waiting on the other students we were able to do whatever we wanted as long as we were quiet. So I went and sat in the reading corner and I started reading my book. After the class was done with the worksheet, we went back to our desks and started going over the worksheet. We were told to exchange papers and grade each others. I sat in my neighbors chair as she sat in mine. We were just told to sit some where. Anyways, the teacher was finished calling out the answers and she was going around picking up our papers. Brittany, the girl who sat next to me, was going over some pencil markings in the pencil tray embedded into the desk. It was then that I heard the teacher say, "CRYSTAL SHERMAN, YOU GO TURN YOUR FLAG TO THE RED FLAG RIGHT NOW YOUNG LADY!" I had no idea what had just happened because I was sitting there patiently waiting for her to pick up the paper. I then noticed that Brittany was the one I had gotten in trouble for. She was sitting in my desk, and she confused me for her. I got written up that day and had never been in trouble since my school career had existed. I just remember crying my eyes out because I had gotten "in trouble." When I came home that afternoon I told my mom what had happened and we made a trip back down to the school. My mom was so mad about what had happened and the teacher still told my mom that I was the one who was drawing on the desk. My mom did not believe her (thank god), but I was so disappointed that she really thought I would vandalize school property. Ever since then, I have thought her to be the meanest teacher that I have EVER had.
The best teacher I have ever had was in the 12Th grade. I would love to say her name, but I don't want to get in trouble for telling. Anyways, it was my teacher cadet class. She was the one who truly inspired me to complete my dream into becoming a teacher. It really was not one specific thing she did, it was an act of many through out my senior year. I am a talented artist and I love to draw and paint. I had done something in my art class and she told me that I need to minor in art because I would be an amazing art teacher. I told her that if I did that, that I might loose my interest in art because I would not be doing it for fun, I would be doing it for work. She knew that I wanted to teach math. When we did out field experience, she made sure that I worked with a great school in the middle grade math department. I love her for going the extra mile for doing that for me. Usually we just went and picked a class that was available. She made sure I got to sit and watch something that was worth it! Even though I graduated high school in 2005, she still calls me to check on me to see how things are going with my baby and school. She is a teacher that need a merit or a badge for being such a wonderful and dedicated teacher beyond what is expected of her. She is the one that I look up to and who is my idol.
After reading the text, it made me think, but on a negative note. I did not like the fact that they almost consider teaching a semi-profession (page 12-13). Did anyone complete the two pages? I did and I kind of thought that after the questions I answered that more came out to be a semi-profession. I do not agree with it at all. I almost think that it is a disgrace for them even thinking that. I mean after all of what teachers do, they do more than just teach, they mentor, they are roll models, they go the extra mile for a student if they need it, they do all sorts of duties, and the list goes on. But it does not make since because when you look at page 21, it shows the literacy scores of the professions and the professions that are actually considered to be a profession, the teachers scored right where they did.
I was in shock when I was reading the beginning where they were talking about the history of teaching and they said that, "many of those who entered teaching, especially at the elementary level, were teenagers." (page 15) I can't believe that that was allowed. They are adolescences themselves and very immature beings teaching the future. When the text was asking questions on page 24, "How could we design schools to be happier places, where learning is a joyful experience?" I mean, it's easy, ask the teachers what they want. Just like the Southwest airlines did. If they were to ask me, I would reply by saying, "Don't make learning so brick like, make it fun, as for having better hand on objects to teach with to help every type of learner there is. Let us be able to paint our classroom a color instead of looking at all white walls year round. Children get bored. Make the classroom inviting. What would you do?
After watching the video, it made me feel like teaching was important, unlike the book, I felt like teaching was a semi-profession. A teacher is someone who really impacts people and makes a difference. The mood was positive like a classroom should be. That working with children is an incredible experience and not a bad thing all the time. That it is not just a "baby-sitting" job. It made it important to me because we as teachers are shaping the future for these young minds. The thought of that makes the job seem so much more than just teaching. It is like their future is in your hands and its fragile.
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