TED 633 Reflection on Learning

I have to be completely honest and say that I started this class a bit disillusioned because of my previous class.  I kept thinking only three more classes left, I was hoping that it wouldn’t be as bad as the last one.  During our first collaborate session, listening to our professor share his teaching strategies, I let out a big sigh of relief, everything would be ok.  I learned to appreciate punctuality and strive for the extra mile, these are strategies that I hope to implement in my own classroom.   

In four short weeks, I have learned quite a bit about assessments in my content area.  I have learned that assessments are crucial in ensuring that students are learning. Using pre-assessments and ongoing assessments will allow me to ensure that students are meeting the learning objective.   There are several of my classmates that are teaching and through discussions and feedback have gained so much insight and gained valuable strategies that I hope to be able to use in my own content area. 

This class took me outside my comfort zone in that I had to create a blog and a webpage.  I know that the use of technology is so important in keeping our students engaged.  I know that due to budget constraints I will not have all the technology I would like to be able to use in my classroom but I think it is important to use what is available and ensure that I apply it to my content area. I found that creating and using my webpage for my classroom is going to be a great tool.