https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw By: Edson Mendoza en-us 2018-10-15 20:11:46 UTC 2023-04-05 17:21:25 UTC hello@padlet.com ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293053498 Content knowledge was met through a variety of tools including the search for standards as part of our medium posts. I looked through a variety of different standards and grade levels to find the perfect standard to meet my chosen article as shown below.]]> 2018-10-15 20:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293053498 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293059812 Prior to making the medium post on the left. I was introduced to a variety of different tools. To begin with, I was tasked with finding the article and posting the article on social media (Twitter). Once I had posted the article my job was to come up with a lesson to use the article in a classroom. I was to familiarize myself with the article and come up with a lesson on how to either teach the article or come up with a lesson inspired by the article. For this particular article I came up with a lesson I came up with a lesson overview (draft) here in padlet.]]> 2018-10-15 20:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293059812 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293064964 Part of being an educator is using different resources and information to make a lesson more engaging and valuable. There might be a specific method you familiarize yourself with and enjoy working with it, but it does not mean it is the best method to apply to a lesson or your students. In the previous block I mentioned using a variety of different resources to come up with fun and engaging lessons. One of the tools that I used in class were the assessment cards given to me at the beginning of class. I would not have thought that there would be so many forms of assessment. Each card on the deck describes the assessment and the way to use it. ]]> 2018-10-15 20:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293064964 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293503677 All of the medium posts I had made show mastery of value, sequence and alignment. In terms of sequence, value, and alignment, this post is the one that displays it better than the other three. The use of tobacco in teenagers is a real problem. I have known fourteen year old smoking cigarettes. having the students research tobacco products and teaching the dangers to their peers is a great way to teach awareness in this topic. The Montana standards I used n this post clearly aligns with this article and this topic. The structure, I believe is clear and easy to follow. ]]> 2018-10-16 17:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293503677 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293513536 Our outcomes need to be clear in order for our students to meet our standards. My professor gave me an ideology tree, it did not make much sense to me but through continuous reinforcement, the objectives for the tree became more and more clear. AN example of this form of reinforcement is the  I believe statements we made in class. the goal for the activity was to see where our beliefs fall on the tree.]]> 2018-10-16 17:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293513536 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293539083 another activity that meets this component is the blended learning article and worksheet that I did in class. I learned how to modify my lessons to better met my students' needs. I was struggling a little with the difference between student- centered and student-led lessons. ]]> 2018-10-16 18:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293539083 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293661987 As previously mentioned I used a variety of different resources to make my postings on Medium as meaningful and engaging for the reader as I could. some of those resources are Soundcloud, GinkoApp, and even Book Creator.]]> 2018-10-17 01:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293661987 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293662132 The same resources from above were used to extend my content knowledge. Through peer review and reflection we were able to make our posts on Medium as relevant as it could be for our readers. ]]> 2018-10-17 01:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293662132 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293662250 During our peer review lesson we used variety of different tools to display our work online. I learned how to turn a form of media into a shortened link, and how to turn a link into a QR code.]]> 2018-10-17 01:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293662250 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293689116 All of my lessons posted on Medium contain instructional groups in the activities. I built them this way because I believe that students learn best when they are in groups, and the class is more student-centered . ]]> 2018-10-17 05:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293689116 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293689122 One of the elements from my Book Creator book was the learning activities pulled from a simple or complex piece of art. My activities much like our activities from this class, are open to the students. I searched for activities that were more than just mere structured activities. That makes for a better, more meaningful assessment of the students' knowledge. ]]> 2018-10-17 05:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293689122 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293691379 Throughout this course we have not really had a chance to write structured lesson plans with all the components that make up lesson plans. The only assignment that I think best meets this element is the lesson plan I wrote on my inquiry issues teaching sessions. I had a really hard time working on this lesson plan since it was not designed for elementary schoolers, and it was built after the fact.]]> 2018-10-17 05:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293691379 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293692300 AS I mentioned above I had a hard time coming up with a lesson because the lessons were not meant for children. There are not teacher standards on OPI, if my instructor did not provide us with a separate set of standards, I probably would have failed in this portion of the assignment. The website below contains seven categories in which standards fall into. These are national standards, and they are meant for teachers.]]> 2018-10-17 06:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293692300 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293693744 Reflecting does not have to take an hour to accomplish, it can be done throughout the course of a lesson. I found myself doing his on my presentation over my book and art. With each presentation, I became a better and more confident speaker. with each brake I noted things that the audience didn't like and the things that the audience liked. I put more focus on certain things over other things based on the audience that I was speaking to as well. for example, one of the listeners had background knowledge over the art and artist of my work, so I chose to focus more in the lesson and activity portion of it rather than spending too much time with the artists and background of the photo. These little changes and adaptations made in my presentation, were more effective and valuable to my later teachings.]]> 2018-10-17 06:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293693744 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293693849 Reflection is the biggest part about teaching throughout this course I reflected a lot over my teaching and lessons. During the Book Creator portion of the course for example, after every iteration of our book we discussed what we learned for about 15 minutes. when we had our big presentation over our finalized book, we had an hour that was just used for reflection and the accuracy of our work. How accurately we met the guidelines given to us in the form of components.]]> 2018-10-17 06:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293693849 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293697863 A section of my coursework revolved around familiarizing myself with other members of the teaching community via social media. I was assigned with searching for an Edchat on Twitter, participate on it, and display the sections of it that we found interesting. There was a specific teacher that called my attention and participated more in the discussion than any other member. I mention him on the padlet linked below, although we haven't personally communicated with one another, he offers tips and other resources about integrating technology into the classroom. There is not batter way to become a more proficient teacher than by learning about other great teachers.]]> 2018-10-17 06:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293697863 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293698337 As I slightly touched up before I was given a group of colleagues to co teach with based on a subject we wanted to teach about. This unit was build on cyberstalking and cyberbullying. I must admit, I was a little skeptical about working with three different people to come up with a unit in which all four of us had to teach during each lesson. I was afraid that my opinion would go unnoticed by the others and to some level, it was during our first lesson. I believe that there were too many ideas and ways to approach the subject. During the other two lessons though, we build a relationship of equal understanding. Once that relationship was built, we worked evenly and built off each other's ideas better. Our portfolio on the link below contains our presentations, activities, formative assessments, and other components relating to our work together.]]> 2018-10-17 06:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293698337 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293706317 Another big portion of this course was the use of inquiries made by myself and my peers during the first week of class. throughout the three and half weeks we discussed all of these questions briefly during the first fifteen minutes of class. These questions led to more questions in some cases, but overall expanded our content knowledge relating to the questions. In most cases these sessions of information by my peers and the instructor revolved around pedagogical skills that I didn't even know about. The conversation below for example contains different ways to use technology for communication with parents and staff members. It also goes into different platforms that teachers can use to teach or reinforce teaching. ]]> 2018-10-17 07:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293706317 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293898134 I love feedback on my work, if there are ways to tweak it to make it better, then why shouldn't I be receptive to it. There were 12 other great teachers in training, with wonderful ideas. The feedback sessions we had before polishing and posting our Medium posts was very helpful and useful. The feedback we received from my course professor during our inquiry issues lessons shaped our work. For example letting us that we took too long on our first lesson, and that our don't was too small were changes that we considered prior to making our next two lessons. The timing of it was hard to keep track of. There were many opportunities to expand our content knowledge to our students and to clarify things for them. In my opinion, it would have been unprofessional to stop them from asking question to meet a timeline. It was those questions that the students asked that allowed us to build better lessons than we originally thought of. ]]> 2018-10-17 15:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293898134 ejme15 https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293958246 I didn't realize it until the last day of my course the impact that I was having in the teaching profession. My book from the Book Creator assignment is a good example of service to the profession. I created a lesson revolving around a piece of art. A guide on how a teacher might use art in a classroom setting. At first, I took it as an assignment  necessary to pass a class, but it evolved into something bigger than something made for myself. By publishing it it became a resource for teachers and maybe even teachers in training to use.]]> 2018-10-17 16:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ejme15/31x5cjv55cyw/wish/293958246