Looking back at this class, I am excitied to take what I learned to put into practice. I liked to read about the 11 different strategies (some I liked and will use more than others) and got ideas from the book, but I found that resources that others would post/talk about during class great as well. I'd really appreciated how people just threw what they liked out there because it was helpful. This shows how teachers truly need each other for ideas because it's extremely difficult to "reinvent the wheel". Gathering resources and ideas from others in education really cuts down time and energy because those ideas/resources gathered will be top rated and work. Let's face it, there's a lot of bad things out there on the internet!
As I am continuing on into my second year of teaching, I look forward to teaching my unit that I revised from this class. I foolishly thought this year would be easier than last year, but it isn't. It is just as challenging but in a slightly different way....It's challenging because I am trying to better myself and my teaching and that type of growth is not easy! When starting my first year of teaching last year a thought that crossed my mind was, "What am I going to DO with my students?" As 525 wraps up, I am glad I was able to gather more web based resources and technological ideas, that thought is now forgotten:)
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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