CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: One of them weeks

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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?

Friday, October 19, 2007

One of them weeks

Seems like everything that could happen this week did. PSAT took kids from 1st and 2nd, breakfast for some of the kids took them from first on a different day..do you teach or find time to "babysit" so the ones gone don't get behind and have to reteach the material..glad this week is over

5 comments:

Kim W said...: We had our PSAT last week as well. It took all of first and second blocks. Then, we had an enormous pep-rally on Friday instead of 4th Block! My question is, "When are we supposed to teach with all of the pull-out dates and other activities planned?; October 20, 2007 at 4:35:00 PM EDT
Perry said...: guess thats why we have summer school; October 20, 2007 at 9:48:00 PM EDT
Julie J. said...: I hear ya because I've had one of those weeks too...we did everything from working in the nurses' office on projects for her, to playing with the kids in the preschool and teaching them how to wash their hands, to sitting in class looking at each other (when there were only 3 or 4) and wondering what to do next. With just a few weeks left in the first semester, I can no longer afford for anyone to interrupt my class or my students.; October 21, 2007 at 1:50:00 AM EDT
Shane C. said...: These days are basically wasted in my opinion. Ya know, no matter what you are supposed to be doing, you cant really leave half the class behind. What I do is... plan a fun type day with a video or movie ( approved of coarse) or plan some fun extra curricular activities and resume as normal when they all get back. Also, check with your media specialist about videos and such. I just found that my media center has a ton of those "Modern Marvels" videos from the history channel that have all sorts of curriculum covered.; October 21, 2007 at 10:19:00 PM EDT
Riley said...: I also have many of these days! Here lately I have so many students receiving ISS for who knows what reason? I spend so much of my time sending them work to the ISS class. I should be using this time to plan my lessons, so usually I end up doing even more lesson plans at home.
"What do we do?"--Riley; October 23, 2007 at 3:39:00 PM EDT