https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush en-us 2021-02-16 22:47:38 UTC 2021-02-22 01:28:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f986.png pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224170402 This article is so interesting and I learned a lot from it. I don't necessarily agree with all of the tips or understand all of them but I really like this article. It is all about creating an environment that is best for the students' learning. I appreciate that the article creator keeps in mind the fact that many teachers have financial barriers that prevent them from making certain design choices for their classrooms. This article talks about how you can arrange the furniture and make certain changes, without breaking the bank. The article also goes into how everything in the classroom should have a purpose and not be too distracting. It was really eye opening to read about asking for student feedback about the room layout. I think that students feedback so important so I have no idea why it never occurred to me that we could ask students about their feelings on the physical learning environment. 

]]> 2021-02-21 21:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224170402 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224204250 This article has a very interesting perspective on what the effectiveness is of our discipline with our students. Their is an emphasis on knowing our students and having a good relationship withe the students in our classes. This article gives a fresh perspective on the zero tolerance policy that has been used in most schools for years. We need to not group all of the kids together and assume that we know why they are acting the way they are or that there is no motivation behind their misbehavior. The child may have interpreted your behavior as threatening or it is possible that something is going on at home that we don't know about. It is important that we listen to our students and make sure they feel safe enough to ask for help if they need it. The article also went into healing circles and how they can be used to help students open up. It is important that as teachers we are good listeners. We need to listen to our students.]]> 2021-02-21 21:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224204250 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224209380 This article goes into something that I heard and saw as a student that I hated. Teachers would talk about how other classes or groups of children were better behaved. I can see why they would think doing that is a good idea, They think it is inspiring students to behave better but it is a problem because it makes students feel bad. It is wrong to label students and set a standard for what their potential is. A student should be viewed as an individual and a class shouldn't be labeled as a bad class. By labeling a class as a bad class we are choosing to make the issue insolvable. We should never give up on our students. We should let students know that the mistakes they make yesterday do not have to label who they are today. There is always a chance to grow, learn and improve. ]]> 2021-02-21 21:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224209380 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224210314 Firstly, it is important to understand what causes the student to work at the speed that they do. Do they have a learning disability? It is important to consider whether the student is being held back due to anxiety. I like a lot of suggestions in this article such a breaking large tasks into smaller ones. This will help the students not feel overwhelmed. Also some students feel a pressure to make their work come out perfect. I think it is important to remind students that they don't have to worry about those pressures of perfection, that their attempt to do their best is good enough. I especially like the suggestion about modeling your own process. This means showing your students what your own thought process is when solving problems. This can be very helpful to them. ]]> 2021-02-21 21:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224210314 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224211192 This article is about how to get students motivated as well as how to understand student motivation. The suggestion that stood out to me off the bat was to find a way to relate topics and activities to your student and their interests. It is important to not blame the student for not being motivated and instead try to think outside the box for solutions to engage them. It is also important to check in with yourself to see if you are doing everything you can to engage your students. Self reflection is important. ]]> 2021-02-21 21:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224211192 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224213781 This article is about recognizing signs of potential learning disabilities in preschool specifically. I appreciate how current this article is as it brings up teaching in a remote classroom and the challenges with understanding our students remotely. There are ways to recognize potential learning disabilities without the help of seeing how a student does in specific subjects such as reading or math. A lot of the signs can be recognized verbally. It can also be recognized in how a child engages in conversation.]]> 2021-02-21 21:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224213781 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224215891 This article features a list of technology teaching tools that are well received by teachers. Pear Deck was one of the tools listed. I was really interested to learn about GimKit, which was created by a high school student. Gimkit is much like Kahoot where students can compete to answer questions for their class. Mural also stood out to me. Mural is very similar to Jamboard.]]> 2021-02-21 21:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224215891 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224218552 I am glad that there is a current article about this topic since I have anxiety about teaching virtually in the future. The article goes into how to teach students to think about their own thinking and comprehension. Sometimes a student will think they understand something until they are doing their homework and they find they are very confused. We can teach students to recognize the physical signs of being confused or overwhelmed. Some students are unsure of how to ask for help so it is important for us to remind them of how to ask for help. Some students are uncomfortable asking questions so if you model how to ask a question it may help them. ]]> 2021-02-21 21:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224218552 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224219700 One tip that stood out to me was to encourage students to make connections between the different languages they speak. This will hopefully help bridge the gap a bit and help the student feel more comfortable. Helping a student kind anchor words is another way to help multilingual students. That means teaching students key words that will be easy for them to recognize. Incorporating visuals is another way to make every student feel comfortable since visuals are universal to every language and culture. Lastly, putting an emphasis on sentence stems such as "I liked" or "I learned" can be very helpful.]]> 2021-02-21 21:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224219700 pfisteme https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224221718 This article talks about reading conversation journals. Essentially it gives students opportunity to share what they understand as well as what they don't understand from their reading. The teachers can reply or add to what they write to help the student understand further. This sounds like a great way to help students get the fullest understanding they can out of their reading. It doesn't have to be formal writing. It can be very casual to help the communication and comprehension happen more quickly. ]]> 2021-02-21 21:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pfisteme/9p3z1iuxxgsgeush/wish/1224221718