A teacher must have several instructional strategies in place. Not all students learn in the same way and it is our job to do our best to reach every student we have the privilege of teaching. We must try to incorporate all of the senses when teaching and use all different kinds of resources to help motivate and draw the student in. Make it relevant to his or her world.
Classroom management is very important to a student's learning. If a teacher can't control the classroom there will be chaos and probably not the best environment to boost student learning. Every class is different from year to year and so what worked one year may not work the next year. A teacher has to take the time and effort to get to know his or her students and what will work the best for each class. Sometimes this can require a lot of collaborating with other professionals and trial and error.
The design of the curriculum is very important to student learning. The curriculum must be relevant to the student and presented in a way that that the student will become engaged. Once a student is invested the learning will take place.
Teaching is not easy and it requires a lot of hard work but it is one of the most rewarding and satisfying careers that a person can have.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Friday, October 11, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Response to week 8 Twitter questions
Twitter was definitely easier to use than what I thought it would be. I didn't realize how much information could be gained from using it. It gave me access to so many different things that I wouldn't have known about had I not been on twitter. A couple examples would be a @AskATechTeacher 12 Tips on Handling Hard to Teach Classes, Renee Miller's youtube playlist for movement videos, and the #kinderchat.
I mainly followed the students in my class because this is so new to me. I enjoyed Renee Miller because she is a kindergarten teacher like me. I really liked her movement playlist from youtube. I also paid attention to Marsh Brummer because I felt like she knew a lot about technology and she would be a good resource for me to use if I had questions. For fun I followed The Voice because that is one of my favorite shows and enjoy seeing all the comments that people made. I never did tweet anything myself but I just might.
I will keep my twitter account open so that I can use it as a professional resource but I don't think I will use it personally because at times I found it difficult to find things to tweet. I am grateful for being exposed to this part of technology. It has opened a door that I wouldn't have opened otherwise.
I mainly followed the students in my class because this is so new to me. I enjoyed Renee Miller because she is a kindergarten teacher like me. I really liked her movement playlist from youtube. I also paid attention to Marsh Brummer because I felt like she knew a lot about technology and she would be a good resource for me to use if I had questions. For fun I followed The Voice because that is one of my favorite shows and enjoy seeing all the comments that people made. I never did tweet anything myself but I just might.
I will keep my twitter account open so that I can use it as a professional resource but I don't think I will use it personally because at times I found it difficult to find things to tweet. I am grateful for being exposed to this part of technology. It has opened a door that I wouldn't have opened otherwise.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Response to "Free Technology for Teachers" blog
What a great blog!! This is a blog that I would use. I loved the fact that he covered so many different areas and how each different site would lead you to other things. Most of the things he had on there would be for students older than my kindergartners but I did find some cool videos about science, nature, and animals that they would enjoy.
I had read an article about a kindergarten teacher who used a blog for parents as a way of flipping his classroom. After seeing this blog I think it would be a great way to communicate with parents what their child did in school. I could upload any videos we watched and pictures of the things we had done that week. I would also blog about the concepts we worked on. It would open up communication between parents and their children and also let the parents know what their child has been learning.
Technology has made so many things possible!!!
I had read an article about a kindergarten teacher who used a blog for parents as a way of flipping his classroom. After seeing this blog I think it would be a great way to communicate with parents what their child did in school. I could upload any videos we watched and pictures of the things we had done that week. I would also blog about the concepts we worked on. It would open up communication between parents and their children and also let the parents know what their child has been learning.
Technology has made so many things possible!!!
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Favorite Podcast
EdChat Radio
This is an excellent podcast that has some interesting views about all areas of education. Enjoy!
This is an excellent podcast that has some interesting views about all areas of education. Enjoy!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Ted Talks video and article on flipping Kindergarten classroom
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
He talks about how creativity is just as important as literacy within our schools and how we don't do anything to cultivate it. Very interesting and worth your time to watch.
http://mattbgomez.com/flipping-in-kindergarten-connecting-home-and-school/
This is an interesting article on how a teacher flipped his kindergarten classroom. He did it with the parents.
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