Teach.com

When you go to the website of teach.com, they show many ways of how to become a teacher. For instance, you can transfer your teaching certificate from one state to another, and use teach.com for resources to find the right job.

Summer!

Even though school is out for the summer and there aren't any assignments to blog about, I thought why not just do a blog anyway? I mean its good practice and it gives a good excuse to not be bored. Each week I will do my best to write about what is going on during the summer.

For starters, I have gone to Six Flags twice already. It is a once a week thing and it's great! Each time that I have gone there has been close to noone! To make that clearer, I would walk up to the ride and get on the ride as soon as the gates opened for the next turn. That happened at every ride. Awefully unusual for the summer, but great for people like me!

Band has also filled up the summer. The fifth of June was the first day of masterclasses. Basically to explain this, it is a class where band kids of the same section get together to learn music, play their instrument, and learn to march. The frenchhorn section has an extra thing to learn; we have to learn or re-learn how to play with a melophone (marching frenchhorn). Usually, frenchhorn players use the left hand to push down the keys. In marching band, however, us frenchhorn players must learn to play with our right hand. This is a sort of difficult task, especially when we are so used to playing with the left hand.

Next week will be an add on. So far this summer has been a great introduction to Senior year.

Year in Review

Year in Review. This is my animoto.

This year was an experience.  My Animoto is just an idea of what I did.

The Year in Thought

For me, every new class that I take, Im always a little nervous. The beginning of this year, whenever I was called to talk in front of the class, any class, I would freak out, turn bright red and become blank in the brain. This class has taught me to be able to get in front of the class without getting butterflies. This past year has been great with everything I have learned. Once I was in the classroom, the internship brought the different sides of what a teacher really deals with. However, this internship has taught me that being a teacher is alot harder than the kids think it to be. I have decided that teaching is what I am meant to do. A few reasons would be, I am great wih kids, I have always been the teacher type, and I honestly can't see myself in any other positional job. Im not so sure how to have closure with my classroom experience, yet I do know that I can't wait to see what next year will bring. The BCTAL is a great place to learn the right career path

Smart Technology

After learning about the smartboard and the Ipad, I have found some ideas that could help with future lessons. For instance, on the Ipad, I found a cool game that helps with kindergarten math. This allows the child to figure out math problems with bright pictures and bold fonts. Another game I found is the ABC Phonics game. This game is a fun way to learn the correct spelling of different animals, while unlocking new animals to play with. For the Ipad, many apps are available and make everyday learning fun. The same is with the smartboard. Just recently, I figured out that Hardeman has a few smartboards. Not only did this get me excited, but it also got me to thinking about lesson plans in the future. One cool lesson that I found was All About Shapes. This is a great way to teach kids to get the concept of a shape and what it looks like. This has many activities showing what each shape looks like with different photos.  All of this from each is mainly aimed toward Kindergarten students.

Financial Literacy Can Pay Off!

Through out the journey of our school career,we find that some of the objectives taught to us are practically useless in the real world. For instance, most jobs don't use the log, tan, and other math terms to get the job done. Teaching elementary, and middle school is a prime example of not using intermediate math. Now if the math was taught in a way that helps the students to save money instead of spending it, there would be a better chance that kids could get into college better.

Since this is the technology age, taking classes that teach the ins and outs of the technology, can really help later in life. For instance, taking D.I.M. and Education and Training, has taught me how to use different computors and websites concerning everything that will benefit for me in the future. My senior year is almost here and I wish that I had taken a financial class, so that I can have money for college. I'm not very good at saving money. Nor can I afford college the way I want. Having a financial class is a very good investment, especially when looking at the future.