In the syllabus, there are three main goals for the literacy component of TE 401. In this day and age, the requirements for becoming a teacher are much more rigorous than in previous years. To be a good teacher who makes learning fun for students, I feel I have many goals to achieve. I believe that it is very important to have a solid idea of the standards which I have and would like to relay in my classroom. In our society, technology plays a huge role in the lives of people of all ages. This is why I believe that it is very important for technology to be used not only by teachers, but also by students in the classroom. Through this course, I would like to be able to have an understanding of the Grade Level Content Expectations in Michigan and to incorporate different technologies to fulfill these expectations in my future classroom. Over the summer, I took an online course about integrating technology into the classroom and I was able to learn different techniques that make teaching fun for me and learning exciting for students of all ages. At MSU, there has always been emphasis placed on diversity and being able to teach to diverse learners. This is something which is very important as our society continues to enlarge it's "melting pot" mentality. I hope that this class will better enable me to teach diverse learners and to use technology to do so. I have already begun to develop a pedagogy and I have the goal that through this class I will learn what I need to do to fulfill the teach philosophy which I have begun to invision. I would like to be able to learn how to alter my pedagogy so that it will be useful to all learners and to be able to assess my learning and my beliefs so that I will be able to run a successful and fun classroom in the future.
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Elissa,
I agree that it is important to have a solid understanding of the standards and of the use of technology. I hope you bring what you learned from your summer class into this class, and our discussions and assignments,
There is a great emphasis on diversity. Inthis class, we talk about ELL (especially with the Gibbons book), though in many ways good teaching is good teaching and the techniques you will learn will help you teach all of your students.
Hi Elissa,
I really liked everything you said. I especially liked the idea where you expressed wanting to be able to expand your pedagogy so that you can encompass more learners each time. This is also something that is important to me. I think that teaching is a constant learning experience and I find it funny that some people don't agree because with each class you have over the years you receive a completely different classroom dynamic which enables you to change up your way of teaching. This aspect of the career can be both scary and exciting because it gets you out of possible slumps and keeps you from doing the same thing year after year.
I'm really glad to see that others share the same ideas as I have.
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