I began my start
of my last year the week that my school started, which was August 11th.
Being there the first week made me that much more excited for this year as a
pre student teacher and student teacher. My year will be a bit different than
others considering my classroom I am in is piloting iPads. You will get to
experience this new journey with me and hopefully technology is on our side! We
have not yet started with the iPads due to not receiving covers, but I cannot
wait to get started with them and neither can my students. This will be an
exciting year!
Goals for
this year
1. Learn
Technology. You would
think this may be a silly goal, but it is not. My cooperating teacher and I are
in this together and we are figuring things out as we go. I want to be able to
do things without the help of my CT with the technology. This means being
proficient with the iPads and the Smart Board. We are dealing a lot with Edmodo
this year as well. I want to be prepared and feel like I know the technology
for when classrooms switch over. This is a great learning experience and I’m
lucky to be apart of it.
2. Teacher
Voice. This has been a
goal for me from day one and I have been working on it for the past year. I am
working on being loud enough for my students to be able to hear me and come
back to me when I need them to. I have found that part of my problem last year
with control was myself not speaking loud enough. I go into teaching with this
in the back of my mind and work on it.
3. Creativity. This is a goal of mine because I want to
be able to come up with awesome lesson plans that will not bore the students.
With dealing with iPads, I will have to keep them engaged in the lesson so they
do not start playing around. This will be an interesting mix for myself and I
hope the iPads will help me explore new things with lessons.
4. Details. This goal of mine is so I can learn to
put more detail into things. I know I need to focus on more details in my
lesson plans and in instructions to students. I know I am on the right track
for this, just needs some polishing. Details will also help with explaining
things to parents and supervisors.
