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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?

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

What Caught Me Off Guard This Week


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?"

It took me a while to come up with something regarding this topic.  I used the open mic post to describe a situation that could 100% qualify for this post.  However, this week the students had career day on Monday, in which I lined up a microbiologist from the CDC and the Director of Volunteer Services from the VA to present to the students.  Both professionals are business partners as well as friends of mine so they were prepared for the student population they would be presenting to.  

What thoroughly surprised me, was when the microbiologist asked the students if they knew what microbiology was, a student raised his hand.  The young man stated, "the study of tiny living organisms."  I almost fell off of my chair with shock and excitement.  I had never actually taught the students this information but it appears as though the weekly medical terminology lessons on root words really sank in and this student was able to think critically and break the word down to figure out what it meant.

This may not be monumental for most teachers, but it meant everything on earth to me.  That one little statement made my whole day.  It just proves that I made the right decision to become a full-time teacher.  I am making a difference.
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