Pedagogy

Being a teacher is far more complicated than I ever imagined. The long hours, loads of paper work and the high stress environment of a school system is not for the weak. Teachers are the most dedicated professionals all due to losing ourselves in the service of others. Controlling our classrooms is only one of the numerous obstacles we face daily. I have many coworkers who find themselves juggling responsibilities in high demand situations every day. We must find balance for everyone, not…

In 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model, MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offer research-based and verified techniques for putting together SIOP lessons. These ideas and activities are aimed at promoting differentiated instruction in the classroom and include new approaches to lesson planning and activities as well as numerous familiar, time-tested ideas that simply serve to remind teachers of the tools and methodologies they have at their disposal. While…

Article Critique The integration of technology in the classroom has changed not only for how the instructors teach but how students learn within the classroom environment. Thus, problems still remain pertaining to how teachers integrate technology with significant instruction. The following paper is a critique of Chen (2008) article, “Why Do Teachers Not Practice What They Believe Regarding Technology Integration? The following critique will discuss the connection between what students are…

Thinking about what really makes up an effective teacher should be something that crosses your mind more than once. Especially when you are on your way to becoming one yourself. There are two points under the characteristics of effective teachers section: clarity and organization and warmth and enthusiasm. Then they have a larger section under the two points dedicated to teacher knowledge. These characteristics described by the book are correct. Together they do create an effective teacher.…

Proposed Model: Students’ Levels of Use of Educational Technology Entry- At this stage, students are not asked to learn much with technology. They are learning how to use their cell phones and laptops at home, with little guidance from more knowledgeable adults, but are not asked to use technologies for learning purposes at school. Adoption- At this stage, students are taken to a lab to do occasional work on a computer, such as writing a paper or creating a PowerPoint presentation. Some…

Lesson Plan Information Name: Canny Rendon School Name: Stirling Elementary Grade Level: Second Grade Class/Group Size: Four students Subject Area: Language Arts/Reading Lesson Plan Topic: Reading Comprehension Lesson Plan Title: Looking for Story Elements and Central Message Time Frame: 45 minutes Learner Profile: This group is made up of four-fifth graders, who are ESE students and they are reading at 2nd grade level. This group consists of two females, and two males. Standards Benchmark…

Additionally, students must have the ability to think on higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Simply retaining information will not solve the problems in our society today. Students need to learn how to think on higher levels while in school. This way, students will be accustomed to thinking deeply and meaningfully by the time they are old enough to be an active member of society. The ideals of social reconstructionism can be connected to this role because a social reconstructionist is interested…

When I first started this program I thought that teaching would be easy. I knew that the teachers often spent long hours grading papers and coming up with lesson plans, but I had no idea just how complicated and research oriented those lessons were. I did not realize that there was so much philosophy involved in middle schools. This paper asks me what I personally believe my role is as a middle school teacher and what I need to do to meet the needs of my students and so I will tell you. This…

Summative Reflective What does it mean to be part of a professional learning community and co-construct learning? After these past few weeks of Introduction into Foundations, I have learned quite about about this question. The topics involving a professional learning community and co-construct learning has my opinions and reactions following. Co-construct is developing an objective with people other than yourself. Co-construct learning, is learning which objectives these will be by discussion…

Coaching. Begin typing here. Collaboration. Carroll (2014) viewed collaboration as an essential contributor to a school’s culture and a means to transform schools into learning organizations. School leadership is required to support planned, ongoing collaboration. District leadership, by providing job-embedded professional development and “fostering collaboration around instructional improvement” (p. 8), can help building leaders establish a collaborative school climate. This is one of the few…