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FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).
This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!

Blog Post - Week 7
This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6
For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5
This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4
Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3
Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2
Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1
Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Standards.....

When asked last week by an administrator......."Do you have your standards?" I said sure! As a matter of fact, I have very low standards! Hahahahaha! Jokes aside, this entire time I have viewed my standards as something to simply satisfy administration. Now that I'm using them a little more, they are basically writing my lesson plans for me! Me being a new teacher, as many of us are, I find it hard to consume and make sense of all the lingo that teachers use. Up until this week, the word "standards" was used for nothing more than finding a nice girl to date. Now that I have actually looked into mine, they are quite simple and tend to make your instructional and planning time flow a little better. If you don't know what your "standards" are, look into them and start using them, you'll be glad you did.

P.S. The lady looks at the frozen turkeys in the grocery store and ask the young man...." Sir, do these turkeys get any bigger?" He replies...."Why no ma'am. they're dead."

1 comment:

Stacy P. said...

Yes, the terms in education was very confusing last year. Essential question, critical friends, and passes to the restroom was also a problem for me. So you know the students had a ball with that. Once, I took the whole class to the bathroom because some many wanted to go.