This passed week I had the opportunity to work on the final details for our Webquest. I am so excited to see and run the final product. It is amazing to see the final stage of the Web quest working and coming to a master piece.
I have never imaging that I could be part of this amazing project, now I want to makeanother for the unit that I am teaching on Field experience. Not to mention what we have learned this week...Digital Story!!!!!
I can believe that we actually can make our own movie about a subject matter that we want to bring to life and make the students experience and learn in a different way than just reading a book or googling a topic. I can't wait until we start working on this project.
However, this past week has been an amazing roller coaster and it will be worst for the next 2 week before we are in our way to student teaching field experience. And I am not too excited about that. I know that is going to be fun but it is very intimidated to be in a classroom already with our little experience. Somehow I feel that it will be okay.
Everything, every class content is coming together like a puzzle. Every key assignment is building up to what the real deal about becoming a teacher is. This is a very important step of the
beginning of our journey.
Last week, I also learned on Social Studies that we just have to stay calm and that we have been trained professional. On Foundation of American Education, we learn that they are so many little details that can get us in big trouble if we are not careful. Things such: copyrights, teacher-student relationship, classroom management, some other topics.
In Creative Arts we were working on how visual arts can help the students to learn in a meaningful way and retained the information that they learned. And psychology, we also talk
about how meaningful teaching, including Multiple Intelligence can enhance our student's learning process, not to mention how effective that type of teaching will help our students with special needs. Specially with visual arts and technology tools such as Web quest, Digital Story, and pod/vid casts. Teaching is really doing a 360 degree rotation.
The Video for this week that saw was "A Vision of Students Today." This video is eye opening because it shows how important it is that we as country, political leaders, teachers,parents, and students may come to a resolution to step up and
help our students to learn in a 24 century style like China....By year 2016 they will be the #1 country to speak English and right now they have more honor students than people in the US. We need to do something.
As a mother and future teacher, I feel the great responsibility to step up and do my part by making sure that my own children and future students receives the latest and best technological tools and the most creative and engaging type of education. China and other countries are doing it why not us and now.
I wish every parent, every political leader, and every teacher can see how important it is to get out the cycle of the old school style of teaching.
ENJOY...!!!!!
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