The aspects of this week that I found to be most valuable is picking up a full schedule of six classes. The amount of preparation work that goes into a full schedule is something I never expected. It is a lot of work and if you are not prepared for your class you will be lost. Its a lot of fun when you are well prepared because you are so confident in your content. Having the ability to move from one class to another and not worried if you missed anything becuase over preparing is better than not being prepared.
The aspect of the week that I would change is an activity I did in my International Business class. The directions of the activity were not as clear to the students as I had hoped and they were very confused. I should have made a PowerPoint or a handout on exactly what I expected from them rather than just telling them. A visual is always better than a verabl for students. In the future I will always be overprepared than underprepared becuases the confidence level is so much higher and things run much more smoothly.
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I was always guilty of over preparing. You never want to be caught with not enough to teach or learn for a class period. There is so much we need to teach our students in 180 or 90 days. Making the most of every minute of every class helps teachers complete the curriculum in the designated time.
ReplyDeleteHowever, as technology teachers, we should also always have a "Plan B" in case the technology does not work. That happened to me a lot of times in my first district and one always needs to be prepared for those emergencies.