Monday, September 21, 2009

hiphiphoray4Essay

Listen & Learn a little about me......

post 4

1)Teaching has always been very interesting to me. To be able to add Technology in the mix is a dream. The students are able to work independently and have a more hands on experience thanks to technology. As a reading teacher, I know it is important to keep my students attention. For one of my lessons I plan to have my students bring in lyrics from the Internet of there favorite songs. I will put the student in groups, give the students school reading material in addition to the lyrics, and as a group they will dissect the meaning of the course material and their songs.
2)I aspire to work with high school students, preferably the ninth and tenth grade level. I want to help prepare students for the reading portion of FCAT. The supervision aspect of the Internet will be tough to monitor, especially when there are so many different networking sites that can sometimes be Incorporated into the lesson, so I don't want to have facebook, etc. blocked... I plan to work at a school whose grades are C and below, so I'm not to sure about the supervising aspect. If I am fortunate to have computers in my class room I know I can set time limits to make sure computer work is being done in a proficient manner.
3)I honestly love the blogging as a web based tool. It can be used for so many things. Journals, Homework, Extra credit, etc. This also allows the student to have fun and create the own page so its more personal, this way it won,t seem like homework, hopefully it will be something fun to do.