I have learned a lot about the teacher I want to be from these classes thus far. I had a defining moment in middle school curriculum, with the famous Gert Nessin, because it let me see other options for being a teacher other than the traditional way. I can't wait to build a community amongst my students even if they are in high school. They will know each other's names, work habits, and respect each other enough to not put down ideas and beliefs. Before I can get to that I need to learn how to build a curriculum. We've been in this program for a little over three months and we haven't learned how to write a lesson plan. I feel that when we start our practicum in the fall I'm not going to be prepared. I could show them how to do a podcast, or a literacy game, but it won't be an ongoing lesson. Perhaps it's meant to be a "crash course" or a "learn as you go" type of thing. Whatever is to come I'm excited and ready to take on whatever comes my way.
I want to share this website with those of you visual learners out there like myself. It's a wonderful site that helps you take data and organize it into meaningful patterns, trends, and exceptions.
http://www.gapminder.org/
No comments:
Post a Comment