I am doing much better in the course than I had planned. My grades for all of my classes are actually better than I ever expected and I am getting closer and closer to my ultimate goal: becoming the best special education teacher that I can. All of my classes relate to each other in many ways and I can easily weave the content from all of my classes together. I also have been very pro active in studying and getting all of my assignments done as well as actively participating in class and providing the best education possible for the students in my practicum classes.
I really have a deep appreciation for technology in the classroom and try to use it in my practicum as much as possible. Implementing technology in the classroom has been much easier than I expected and I am much more comfortable with incorporating technology in my classroom now than I was before.
My goals for the second half of this semester include: studying more for the final so that I can make a perfect score on the final for TPTE, achieving A's in all of my classes, giving a good reading lesson to my students in my second practicum placement and incorporating technology in this lesson and setting higher goals for myself overall.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Blog Post- Digital Images/Picasa Web Albums- Gabrielle Ambrose- TPTE
Well... It happened, I reached the point of frustration with technology. When I went to complete my Picasa web album I had the hardest time uploading, resizing and organizing pictures. I had the worst problem with this because my photos were in weird places on my computer. Now I know to save them on my desk top so that I can find them easily. However, I have recovered and am a better person for the short lived frustration.
On a positive note, the Picasa Web albums from Google are such a wonderful tool for teachers and for students. When students need to create slideshows for presentations or just need to organize pictures for projects completed during school, this is such an easy way for them to quickly save and organize their pictures. All in all, this is a very useful tool for students and teachers.
On a positive note, the Picasa Web albums from Google are such a wonderful tool for teachers and for students. When students need to create slideshows for presentations or just need to organize pictures for projects completed during school, this is such an easy way for them to quickly save and organize their pictures. All in all, this is a very useful tool for students and teachers.
Monday, October 7, 2013
IBA Activity- Gabrielle Ambrose- TPTE
I truly enjoyed doing the IBA project. I first had to choose my grade level for the activity. I chose to do a lesson on 4th grade reading because it is something I am currently teaching in my practicum. I also chose to do a lesson on finding out the author's purpose because this is something students struggle with. After doing this, I found state standards in Reading Street, the text I was using, that aligned perfectly with my lesson.
Having a text to refer to was very helpful when completing the IBA project. It showed me just how much teacher's manuals combined with the teaching techniques I am currently learning in SPED can be very effective.
For my lesson, I had students click on links to find pictures of the location of the passage they are reading to get a mental picture of the setting of the passage. I would love to use links and activities like this in my future classroom because it helps students develop a deeper understanding of the content.
Overall, the IBA project has shown me that integrating technology into the curriculum is easy and can be done effortlessly.
Side note: I absolutely love the quickness and effectiveness of wikis. I want to use this in my future classroom because they are so easy to use. Wikis also can help me feel connected to the parents of my students and the students in my classroom.
Having a text to refer to was very helpful when completing the IBA project. It showed me just how much teacher's manuals combined with the teaching techniques I am currently learning in SPED can be very effective.
For my lesson, I had students click on links to find pictures of the location of the passage they are reading to get a mental picture of the setting of the passage. I would love to use links and activities like this in my future classroom because it helps students develop a deeper understanding of the content.
Overall, the IBA project has shown me that integrating technology into the curriculum is easy and can be done effortlessly.
Side note: I absolutely love the quickness and effectiveness of wikis. I want to use this in my future classroom because they are so easy to use. Wikis also can help me feel connected to the parents of my students and the students in my classroom.
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