March 24 - Face to Face / Call in Session

Next Wednesday, March 24 at 4:30 will be our March opportunity for sharing and questions and answers. We will meet in EA 419. Please note the toll free call in information for those of you that cannot be on campus.

Starting date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Starting time: 4:30 pm,Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Duration: 1 hour
Meeting number: 554 271 090
Meeting password: None
Host key: 944562
Audio conference: To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the meeting, or call the number below and enter the access code.
Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 866-469-3239
Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-429-3300
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Access code: 554 271 090
Host's name: Kathryn Smith
Host's Email: katebemidji@gmail.com

Reflections from Spring 4800 "Teachers"

As I look at the great work many of you are completing this semester, I am going to post some of the great insights that you and your colleagues are making. I hope you enjoy these insights.

#1.

During my student teaching experience, I feel that I have gained so much useful information. Things like: How to prepare a lesson plan, make it fun, but also having a learning impact on the students, keeping an eye on the timing of a lesson, use a variety of ways to assess students work, ways to motivate your students, keep the lines of communication open with the parents, how to work together with other teachers and staff, places to get new resources, easier ways to correct papers, listen to your students and their needs, and also how to be compassionate and patient!

This experience has been meaningful to me because I now feel more confident in my ability to teach. I know for sure that I am in the right place. A teacher can really mold the lives of their students. This experience has made teaching more real than just reading it out of a text. I got to see everything first hand and learned how to deal with a lot of different situation that happes on a daily basis in the classroom. It certainly is not a mundane job, there is something new and exciting every day!! I am now looking forward to the day when I will have my own classroom. This experience has been wonderful!

Ed. 4800 "Virtual" and Face to Face Meetings

This semester we have optional meetings once a month. In January, student teachers shared experiences and had fun talking about their "top 5" things that they felt they had not learned before student teaching.....a lot of comments were made about: the amount of work, classroom management and classroom diversity. We have two more opportunities to meet together, Wednesday March 24 and April 21. Watch for meeting notice emails and web page notices. Also, remember that for each meeting a "call in " toll free number is available for anyone who wants to participate.

Something for Fun - Top Ten Things You Didn't Learn about Teaching in College!!!

Welcome to Ed. 4800

Ed. 4800 is a course designed to document your knowledge of your teaching competencies. You will complete four assignments during your student teaching experience. The course syllabus, found under the course links describes the course and all of the assignments.

Below please find a presentation that describes the course overview and the strategies for turning in your work and communicating your information and questions throughout the course.

We will be using Web 2.0, social networking, resources to communicate and document your experience this semester. To do this we will use Google resources. If you do not have a "google account" at this time, you will need to create one for yourself. You will find that there are many "free" resources for educators supported through Google.

During the semester there will be two "optional" face to face sessions for the course that will be available to you via the web using "webex" and by phone. This way even if you are at a distance you will be able to fully participate in the meetings. The meetings are designed to answer questions and allow you to share with colleagues your student teaching experiences. These sessions will be announce via "group emails" sent out through your BSU email.

I will hold an optional "orientation" question and answer regarding the course in EA 420 on Monday, Dec. 14 at 1.