Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Reflection is good for the soul... Part 3 and 4

Quiz:  Part 4

EAT this Quiz!  This should be the easiest quiz you ever took!  Take the online quiz over a few of the things you should have learned this year in your Education and Training class.  It won’t take long.  Worth up to 25 points.  Click here and be sure and sign in with your name.  Once you begin, you will have twenty minutes to complete the quiz.  One attempt only.  


Reflection:  Part 3 of Final Exam

Reflection blog. Reflection is good for the soul.  It is an excellent way to analyze and assess effectiveness. You should reflect on the past year or two years as the case may be. How you felt in the beginning and how you feel now that you have spent nearly an entire school year (or two) as a teacher intern. Are you more or less enthusiastic about becoming a teacher? Do you still think teaching is for you? If not, why? If so, elaborate on your reasons. How did you bring closure to your classroom experience? What were your feelings as you departed your classroom for the last time?  You should include at least two pictures from your site school experience. 
As usual, use the rubric for maximum grading potential.  Worth up to 25 points.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Part 2 Final Exam




Classroom Management (25 points)

You are the new Education and Training teacher hired for the 2013-14 school year.  You have decided to revamp some of the current policies and procedures to better serve students as they prepare for college and the world of work.  Select ONE of the areas below and write clear and concise policy for the Education and Training handbook.  Remember to include consequences when violations occur to the policy or procedure. 
  • Dress code for field sites
  • Transportation guidelines for field site travel
  • Due dates on assignments and late work
Due at the end of class Tuesday, May 21.  Post on your blog as Part 2 final exam.  

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Part 1 - Final Exam






Part 1 - Select a TEKS and Corresponding Activity  
(worth up to 25 points)

Visit the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for your class on the Texas Education Agency website (http://www.tea.state.tx.us). Using the field site classroom you were in this spring, select a TEKS for the grade level/content area.   Cut and paste it onto your blog.  Then, search for an activity that would help a student master the TEKS you selected. The activity should be an app or a web-based activity.  Link the app or the activity on your blog.  Follow with a brief explanation of the activity and describe what the desired student outcomes should be.

This is the first of four activities that will be posted on my blog.  Each day, you will have a new blog assignment through Thursday.  YOU should post your answers / activities on your own blog.   If they are not on your blog, they won't be graded.  

Due by the end of class today,  Monday May 20.  



Sunday, May 12, 2013

The Year in Review


Today's blog is "Easy as pie!"


 EAT 2013                              
  1. Embed your Animoto onto your blog.  
  2. It is due today, May 13.  It will be counted late after today.
  3. Embed, not copy and paste a link. 
  4. The name of your blog should be the name of your Animoto video
  5. There is no rubric today.  

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Thank a Teacher!

Tuesday, May 7 is National Teacher Day, Thank a Teacher!
 
 


Click here to view great Teacher Appreciation ideas. 

Click here and view the first funny five short video clips. These are not necessarily good examples of teaching, but they are entertaining and funny. 

Your Blog assignment is:
1.  Locate an appropriate and short video clip about teacher appreciation or good teachers.  If you can't find an appropriate teacher appreciation video, make your own.  Embed the video on your blog and make a short comment about your chosen video.  Your video clip should be between one and three minutes in length.  Use YouTube to help you locate a clip. 
2.  Write a nice note of appreaciation to a teacher who has helped you out along the way.  Give it to them during the week of May 6 - 10.  It should be neat and heartfelt. 
3.  Copy the contents of your note on to your blog.  If you hand wrote your note, type it on your blog.  If you typed your note, copy and paste to your blog.  Include the teachers name. 

Blog is due on Friday, May 10 at the beginning of class.  As always, follow the rubric for maximum results.