My Reflections in Digital Learning

After reading the first week's assigned chapters, I have to say that this course is going to be a lot more interesting than I thought. With having taken a few different psychology courses before, I was thinking that I would already know a lot of the information or at least recognize it. To my surprise, I think looking at psychology in a educational way in which it can tie to my future as a teacher someday is vital. In the following paragraphs, I will discuss some key points that really stuck out to me this week. In chapter 1, I was very impressed by the section that addressed beginning teachers. As a teacher candidate, I really was able to connect with the topic due to the uncertain feelings I have starting out as a teacher. As the book mentions, student teaching will teach us many vital ideas and lessons for the preparation of students, however, no one is ever prepared for the first day of school during their first year of teaching. Woolfolk goes on to talk about the "reali...

Trinity Christian College Field Experience Form Context for Learning Description of School and Students About the School Where You Are Observing or doing Field Experience School Name and City: Lynne Thigpen Elementary School Type of School: Elementary school, Middle School, High School, or Other:   Elementary School Setting: Urban, Suburban, or Rural: Suburban Write your responses to the three questions below in paragraph form. 1. List any special features of the school or classroom setting (e.g., themed magnet, classroom aide, bilingual, co-taught with a special education teacher, pull-out program). 2. Describe any district, school, or cooperating teacher requirements or expectations that affects the planning or delivery of instruction, such as required curricula, pacing plan, use of specific instructional strategies, or standardized tests. 3.     For special education only: List any educators with specialized expertise in the sc...

With the end of our Educational Technology course coming, it is amazing to look back at how fast these six weeks have flown. It amazes me with how much helpful information we learned in such a short time span. I have to admit, I was not too thrilled to be taking this course before it began, since I already had to take it years ago with my undergrad. To my surprise, now I am so happy that I was enrolled in this course, because technology in education has changed substantially in the last five years. I had never learned anything that pertained to Google for the classroom and now I have so much interest in incorporating it into my lesson plans some day. There are so many amazing features that Google provides and the fact that it is a FREE, reliable source is wonderful for teachers.  The technology piece that impressed me the most, was the Mood Check-In's that we created on Google Forms. I think it is such a good idea to make this a part of the daily work when students come into the...