What I've Learned This Year (2008-09)
In Mr. McClung’s first year of teaching, he started out in Noel, Missouri as an elementary teacher. He came into the school with the wrong state of mind on how to be a great educator. Worried about what his superiors thought of his lesson plans, he steered away from making his students his first priority. Mr. McClung also had to learn that there is no such thing as a perfect lesson plan. You are only human and you are going to make mistakes. Mistakes are a very important stepping stone on the process of becoming a great educator.
Something else McClung also learned was the very important skill known as communication. No student relationship with his teacher will ever blossom without having great communication with each other. Being on the same page as your students makes all the difference in the world. In becoming a great teacher, you have to be able to recognize and help keep your students in some sort of comfort zone. With computers becoming a must have in the world, teaching technology is also mandatory in today’s society.
Teaching computer skills is a learning process for the students and the teacher. By that being said, teachers can’t be afraid to fail. Great educator can’t ever stop wanting to keep learning and better themselves.
I feel that Mr. McClung is no different from the average first year teacher. With the way things are changing in the world a future educator really dosen’t know what to expect in the future. As future educators, we must keep our heads clear and be prepared for what ever changes come our way. Reading Mr. McClung’s post really gave me lots of ideas that I can take into my future classroom. I also learned how a great relationship with your students can become so helpful.
What I’ve Learned This Year- Volume 4
Mr. McClung use to worry about what his superiors thought of his teaching methods. Now that he got over that, he is starting to worry about what his peers are thinking of his teaching methods. Quickly realizing the only ones that really mattered to him are his students. He knows that as long as his students are enjoying his teaching skills then he is still on the right track.
Mr. McClung found himself repeating the same lesson plan he had been using for the past 3 years. He felt that his lesson plans had became routine like tying your shoes laces every morning. Before long, Mr. McClung was exploring other courses to expand his knowledge into. He knew he had to stay excited in order to keep the students wanting to learn. He was the first to realize that his lectures he was giving had become lazy and boring.
I agree with what Mr. McClung wrote in his post number 4. You can’t worry about what other adults say about how you’re handling your business. There are lots of people in the world that feel if it isn’t done their way then it’s not right at all. Also if you don’t want to continue to learn and challenge yourself to get better you will not succeed in nothing. Your goals should be set high, even if you feel they are out of reach. Being stuck in your old ways and not wanting to open up and try new things only hurt your students in the end.
"... in Neol, Missouri ..." Noel is the correct spelling of the city's name. Mr. Chamberlain teaches there.
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Why is your text so small? When you do not compose in Blogger and copy from another place into Blogger, make sure the font is normal size. Most of your text is very hard to read because it is so small.
Hey Byronn, I read over your post and found it very interesting. I agree that we need to be careful that we don't let other teacher's opinions influence our teaching. But,first we need to make sure that our students are learning from our teaching methods. If they are not, then we might want to listen to what advice the other teachers have to say.(Especially our superiors, if we want to keep our job.) I also believe that student-teacher relationships are very important. They can often make a difference in how well a student will perform in the classroom. I found that your link does not work. I did not find any grammatical errors, but I did find a few things that I think might should have been worded differently. In your 2nd paragraph, I think it would sound better if you said - Another important skill Mr. McClung learned was communication. Also where you had "No student relationship with his teacher..." would sound better if you said - No student-teacher relationship... In paragraph 2 you finished it talking about computers. Then in what was suppose to be paragraph 3, you wrote a sentence about computers/technology. It should be combined with paragraph 2 or combine comments about computers into one paragraph. In your last paragraph you wrote "...will not succeed in nothing." You might want to use another word for nothing. I would suggest anything. I felt like you covered most of the points that Mr. McClung was trying to share. I do have a few things that I'm not sure that I understand or agree with. You wrote "In becoming a great teacher, you have to be able to recognize and help keep your students in some sort of comfort zone." Does that really determine a great teacher? I have found that often students are placed outside of their comfort zones. (Especially in EDM310) I personally think a great teacher will help their student to ADAPT when placed in these situations. You also commented "He was the first to realize that his lectures he was giving had become lazy and boring." Do you really think that his students had not already realized this??? I think that the students probably realized his lessons were not interesting and fun immediately. You brought out communication with the students, but he was mainly referring to the communication between teacher and teacher. He talked about resolving conflicts with other teachers.I know that this sounds like a lot of things, but it isn't to make you think that you've done a bad job. It is my personal opinion, as a reader, about what you wrote. I'm just helping you to reach your goal of becoming the best writer you can possibly be. Your almost there. Keep up the good work.
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