Blog Due: Wednesday, September 27

Your Title:  The Top 20 Characteristics/Dispositions Teachers Need

In a column, list 20 words that you feel are the top characteristics or dispositions needed by a teacher to be effective.  Note:  Avoid vague or overused general terms such as nice, happy, cool, fun, awesome, and others that are slang terms.

Next, select 5 of the words and give an example of how this would look or sound in an effective teacher.
Example:
Joy:  The joyful teacher helped her students feel great pleasure and happiness when they mastered the task of learning to divide with two-digit divisors!

• Which characteristic do you feel is the most important for a teacher to display in the classroom?  Why?

• Identify a characteristic which is not one of your stronger traits.  What will this mean for the way you operate in the classroom?

Using the 20 words you defined, create a word cloud using Word It Out.
Helpful hints:  Copy the list of 20 words you made above and paste in the word cloud generator.
Be sure that you include your first and last name at the top of the list. First~Last
Words that stick together such as your name need to have a "~" inserted between them.
You may pick a font, colors, and more, but be sure that your cloud is readable

Embed your word cloud in your blog.  Hint:  Command Shift 4, then drag from desktop to your blog.

Blog due September 8, 2017

Title:  Is Teaching Right for You? 

Recently, you answered 10 questions about teaching that were designed to help you think about your reasons for choosing a career in education.  Take a look at your score.  Did it surprise you?

Report your score, then discuss your the following:

• Do you think your score was accurate?
• What questions or responses surprised you?  Why?
• How sure are you about becoming a teacher?
• What is it that you hope to discover from this class? 

Be sure to do the following:

• Begin by copying the exact title of this blog.
• Write in conversational dialogue.  Avoid lists that look like you just answered the questions.
• Save frequently so you don't loose your work.
• Use the spelling check feature to proofread your work.  Then YOU proofread it. 
• Publish so that your teacher can see your work.
• Log out of blogger and your google account.

• Make the title a different font size and color
• Break up the text with spaces, headings, and an interesting layout.

   

Welcome to Principles of Education and Training!

This blog is an opportunity for you express yourself as you explore the world of teaching.  Use it to express your opinions,  reveal your knowledge and develop your philosophy surrounding your future profession.  Use your words to help you discover the teacher in you.  Happy blogging!

Blog Due May 12, 2017

Title:  Credentials That Will Make a Difference

You've heard all about 20 + or - post-secondary institutions from across the state and nation during our investigation of venues to obtain your education.  One of details shared about each career and related major your peers selected was the type of credential(s) necessary to obtain employment.


So what are the various types of credentials, how much time do they take to obtain, and where do they fall on the degree hierarchy?  Copy and complete the table below (also on this week's wiki) as you uncover the information about credentials.

Complete this table and embed

A Good Source of Information:

A video and text about post-secondary degrees is available below. Use your earbuds or the class headphones to as you watch the video. Be sure to look at the text information below the video. It has necessary information you will need to know.

Click here for information about degrees.

Click here for more information about certifications.

THERE'S MORE:

When finished, screenshot the completed table and paste in your blog.Answer the following questions:Name of your dream career:What type of credential(s) will you need to gain employment in your dream career?Where do you hope to pursue your credential(s)?

P. 4 - Due Thursday, April 13 - A Visit with the Guidance Counselor

Recently, you had the opportunity to visit with one of your campus guidance counselors and learn about a number of factors surrounding his/her job.

Make a comment/compliment sandwich on this blog which includes something about one of the following:

• Her education background
• The journey that brought her to the position as a guidance counselor
• The tasks she has to do on a regular and irregular basis
• The personal characteristics needed to be successful as a guidance counselor
• How she serves students, faculty and staff, and the community
• The skills necessary to be a successful guidance counselor
• The rewards of being a guidance counselor

Be sure that the comment portion of your remark adds value to the discussion.  Other readers should be able to take something thought-provoking away from your entry.  

Required:  You must BEGIN with your name, followed by the compliment/comment sandwich.  

P. 1 - Due Thursday, April 13 - A Visit with the Guidance Counselor

Recently, you had the opportunity to visit with one of your campus guidance counselors and learn about a number of factors surrounding his/her job.

Make a comment/compliment sandwich on this blog which includes something about one of the following:

• Her education background
• The journey that brought her to the position as a guidance counselor
• The tasks she has to do on a regular and irregular basis
• The personal characteristics needed to be successful as a guidance counselor
• How she serves students, faculty and staff, and the community
• The skills necessary to be a successful guidance counselor
• The rewards of being a guidance counselor

Be sure that the comment portion of your remark adds value to the discussion.  Other readers should be able to take something thought-provoking away from your entry.  

Required:  You must BEGIN with your name, followed by the compliment/comment sandwich.  

Period 4 - Due Friday, April 7 - A Visit With the Librarian

Recently, you had the opportunity to visit with your campus librarian and learn about a number of factors surrounding her job:

• Her education background
• The journey that brought her to the position as librarian
• The tasks she has to do on a regular and irregular basis
• The personal characteristics needed to be successful as a librarian
• How she serves students, faculty and staff, and the community
• The skills necessary to be a successful librarian
• The rewards of being a librarian

After discussing the class guidelines for making comments and compliments on a blog, add a compliment/comment sandwich as a comment to this blog.  Try to keep it to one or two sentences.  It may be a compound sentence, but do not turn it into a run-on sentence.   Be sure the comment portion remarks on something you learned in the interview conducted with the librarian.  You will need to use her name in your remark.



Example:  I love the comfortable sofas for reading in the library, and I was surprised that Mrs.  ___________ has to ______________ as part of her duties as a librarian.

Example:  Mrs. __________ is so friendly, but I was shocked when she told us that _____________ are hardly every used in the library.

Example:  Way to go, Mrs. ______________!  You have improved the library by (describe improvement).

Example:  I agree with ____________.  You work very hard, as evidenced by the (describe task) you have to do every year.

Note:  This is a daily grade in which you must use proper writing conventions: spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, sentence construction.