Here is my final reflection video!
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Project 14
Project 14 was a collaborative project between Daphnie Pugh, Brittany Stanchio, and Amber Warren. Below are sharable links of our Project Overview, Project Calendar, Individual Performance, and Group Project Performance Rubrics.
Project Calendar
Project Overview
Individual Performance Rubrics
Group Project Performance Rubric
Monday, July 13, 2015
Project 13
Project 13 was a
collaborative project between Daphnie Pugh, Brittany Stanchio, and Amber
Warren. Below are sharable links of our Project Overview, Project Calendar,
Individual Performance, and Group Performance Rubrics.
Project Overview
Project Calendar
Individual Performance Rubric
Group Performance Rubric
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Blog Post 13 What Did I Leave Out?
Blog Post 13
Read these articles. Write about what you think
will the best and the most difficult part about being an elementary education
teacher. Explain why you want to be a teacher.
This
blog post is to be done individually.
Upon
completion:
Post
to your blog and post the link in Sakai under assignments.
Completed
Version of Assignment:
After reading
these articles, it really made me think about what teaching is truly about. Being
a teacher is not going to be an easy job, and it is not going to be a job that
you are amazing at the very first day. It takes a lot of work and sacrifice
along the way to truly become a great teacher, but in the end it is a very
rewarding job that most people will never get to experience. Personally, I
think this is the perfect job for me because there will always be challenges
for me to overcome, and I will get to help students become successful.
There
are many things that will be difficult about being a teacher. One thing that
many educators found to be difficult were the parents. When a parent sees their
child is not doing well in school, some are very quick to blame the teacher and
not their child. This can be very stressful for the teacher, and it can result in bad
situations. Another thing some educators had issues with is the focus on standardized
testing. With the focus being placed on these tests, it makes it hard for
teachers to really teach in the way that the students need. In my opinion, memorization
is not the key to learning. You want your students to be able to learn how to
think outside of the box, which is why I talk about Project Based Learning so
much.
Last but not least, I am going
to talk about the best part about being a teacher. There are so many good
things that come out of teaching. For instance, you get to witness that “A-Ha!”
moment that students have when they finally figure something out. Most teachers
find that this is the one of the greatest feelings because it makes all of the hard
work that you put into teaching feel like it is worth something. Another great
part about teaching is being able to interact with the students. You get to be
around these students for most of the day, and teach them things that will
probably stick with them for the rest of their lives. You become their role model,
and you can actually help mold students into having a successful life. In my
opinion, the most rewarding part of being a teacher is having the opportunity to
change a student’s life for the better.
Picture from Susana Fernandez.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Blog Post 12
There are many useful Assistive technology tools that I can
use in my classroom. Every student that goes to school have different needs.
Some students may not be able to hear well or see well. That’s why it is useful
to know about the different Assistive technologies available for students with
disabilities to use.
For instance, apple
I-Pads are very useful to have while teaching a vision impaired student. Apple
I-Pad has a Voice-over control that speaks before you click on an app. It also
has shortcuts that are easy to remember which help vision impaired students access
the I-Pad without having to look at it. There are also some great apps that you
can download that are easily accessible for visually impaired people. One app
that I thought would be very useful is called Ever-note. It supports Voice-over
and can store voice notes and text so they can be accessed over any device.
Another great app that can be used by the visually impaired is LookTel Money
Reader. LookTel Money Reader allows you to take a picture of paper money, and
tells you what the monetary value of that bill is. To find out some more useful
apps check out this link. http://appadvice.com/applist_ipad_client_view/apps-for-the-visually-impaired
Braille Note Takers are another useful tool for the visually
impaired. Braille Note Takers can help the visually impaired student type up
documents using a braille keyboard. This product can connect to your computer
using a USB port. I think this is a very helpful product because visually
impaired people can easily tell which letter is which, and it allows them to
type up documents for school or work. Find out more about Braille Note Takers
at this link. http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/braillenotes
Many children who wear hearing aids still have difficulty
hearing and understanding a parent or teacher’s words when there is lots of
background noise and over short distances. This communication challenge also
applies to many normal-hearing children who suffer from concentration-related
disorders. A useful tool that can be used in the classroom to help solve this
problem is a personal frequency modulation system or an FM system. FM amplifier
is an interesting tool that helps eliminates background noise and transmits
sounds directly to the student’s hearing aid.
A personal frequency modulation system consists of a transmitter
microphone that the speaker wears, and a pair of headphones that receives the
information the speaker is saying. This is useful if you have a hearing
impaired student, or a student who has trouble concentrating with noise in the
background. The child hears the speaker’s words directly in their ears, without
any distracting background noise, allowing them to enjoy and participate fully
in every conversation. I think this is a great way to include every student
even if they have a disability. http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/FM-Systems/
Brittany Stanchio did the PowerPoint on Assistive Technology.
Amber Warren and Daphnie Pugh did the written part of the blog post.
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