Monday, January 23, 2017

Title:  It's All About Me - How I Best Learn!
Due Date:  Friday, February 3, 2017




Everyone has a unique combination of experiences, expectations, and abilities.  This allows us to showcase the particular qualities that make us individuals.  However, in education, often times there is an unwritten expected mold that students are supposed to fit into.  If your background, knowledge and skills plays to this expectation, then you will be rewarded with academic success.

What about the students that do not fit into the mold?  How do teachers make them feel valued and accepted?  What if you are one of those students who needs a climate where your differences are fostered?

As you begin to uncover your learning preferences and the characteristics that allow you to learn best, record the following information on a blog post.  You will update this blog post regularly as we add new information in class.

Be sure to begin with a title (above) and include a reference to this blog post.

My Learning Style(s)
After taking the learning styles indicator on Career Cruising, indicate your preferred learning style(s). Post a brief description in your own words of what characterizes your style(s). Discuss activities next to each of your styles that you especially like to do.  For example, if you are an auditory learner, you might indicate that you enjoy reading passages from a novel aloud in your English class.  Add a screenshot of your Learning Styles graph to your blog.  Add a media source.

My Multiple Intelligences



Add the Multiple Intelligences (2 - 4) in which you had the highest scores.  Explain briefly what each of them mean about you related to the way you like to learn.  Give an example of a learning activity or strategy that would suit you. For example,  a person with musical intelligence may like to write a song and perform it rather than write a report.  Add a screenshot of your Multiple Intelligences graph to your blog.  Add a media source.




My Hemisphericity Preference
Indicate the side of the brain you prefer to draw upon to learn.  List 5 characteristics that learners who use this side of the brain usually exhibit?  What dialogue might you be caught using with your teachers?  Add a media source to feature in this area. 







My True Colors
Indicate your "True Color".  Add a list of 10 bulleted words or phrases that best describe you from the scoring tool.  Describe what a bad day looks like for you using information from the references provided.  Add a media source. 


Monday, January 9, 2017

Blog Title:  My Biggest Challenge as a Future Teacher

Blog due:  Wednesday, January 13

Recently you watched the video, Beyond the Blackboard, chronicling the teaching journey of Stacey Bess at the School With No Name.  Throughout her first year, she encountered many challenges and hurdles as she tried to help the children succeed academically. 

Think about your future as a teacher.  What are two of the biggest hurdles or challenges you think you might encounter?  Describe how each challenge will affect the academic progress of your students.  What steps can you take to deal with each of these hurdles or challenges?

Note:  Be sure to reference Mrs. Kallas's blog post.  Add at least 1 additional source of media.  It may be a pic, an embedded video, or a link to a related article.

Click here to see what others think are major challenges.

Here are some more ideas about what challenges teachers face.

These ideas may give you a different perspective on classroom challenges.