https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience How would your students compare you to this mom's description of teaching? en-us 2017-01-12 01:44:37 UTC 2025-10-23 12:45:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png emily_myers2 https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/146938955 I think that my students would say that I do try to make learning a process and not an event. However, I think they would say that I could make math more applicable to their interests. I aspire to teach/ engage all students to the level where their curiosity increases and I am creating standards designed to meet their needs. ]]> 2017-01-12 22:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/146938955 https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/146957881 We have to reflect if we are creating experience that students find relevant and are based on the standards or are we creating work that is based on our understanding of how we want to learn and not learning suited to different styles of whom we teach. My students at the beginning of my career would have said that my teaching was based on how I learned and possibly how I was taught and not what was best for them. This was pre-technology, but I could have used centers and strategies that are not found in classrooms where teachers differentiate to meet needs of all students.]]> 2017-01-13 02:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/146957881 margaret_krulikas https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147096925 I think I am moving towards making learning a process, but I have not quite achieved it yet. I was taught without much technology, but I am trying to implement it in a way that enhances how/what the students are learning, and not just simply to use technology. I want my students to continue loving to learn, and that is what I strive for. ]]> 2017-01-13 17:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147096925 mrsgray_wechs https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147170939 I believe that my students would say that I am on the right track to achieving the type of teaching described in the Ted Talk. Are they engaged every single second of every single class? No, but I think (or at least hope) that they can see that I am trying my very best to get them involved in their learning. I have integrated various types of technologies with the computers, iPads, and even geocache units. We have used various tech savvy programs for the creation of assignments and projects and we have gone old school with construction paper or tri-folds for those who really prefer to be hands on. We examine historical documents and interpret their meanings, which is not always the most engaging thing in the world but it is necessary for the development of their reading and analytical skills and I try to tackle them in different ways. I hear students say they hate notes but I also hear students say that they love notes. While I have lessons that I reuse, I have yet to reteach a subject or even a unit in the exact same way twice which is something the students wouldn't be able to see since they've never had me for the same class twice. I'm trying to look at everything I do and see how I can enhance it and take it even further the next go 'round. Hopefully as I continue to progress as a teacher it will lead to me being able to say, "I know students think of me as this kind of teacher" instead of "I'm on the right track to becoming this kind of teacher."]]> 2017-01-14 01:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147170939 david_harris2 https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147434340 I believe every generation finds it difficult to teach in a manner that connects with young peoples interest and priorities. I do not think it is a new problem, nor will it ever disappear if we all jump on board with the presenters three step solution. Her solution or suggestions are a step in the right direction. School systems need to encourage risk taking, new strategies and more holistic approach to educating a young mind. I believe that I had one of the best "traditional" school environments growing up from elementary through high school and I really enjoyed it. Even so, I would not expect that same structure to work for todays students. Luckily, that very same school looks and teaches its students in a very different way today than it did 15 years ago. They are embracing new ways of teaching and have the luxury of being a private institution limited only by the creativity of the administration and board members. The teachers their embrace innovation, because it comes from the top down. That is what is needed in public education from my perspective.]]> 2017-01-17 01:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147434340 https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147503267 I believe that students would say that they take ownership of their learning in my classroom. Students can suggest experiments and learning experiments that they've found online and we can try them out in the classroom. Students are offered an overwhelming amount of information and resources online and I believe I try my best to provide and organize resources so that students can take control of their learning in chemistry. I will admit that most students will say that Chemistry is a hard class. Students also are very capable of seeing the bigger picture in my class. Most students know what is available to them in and out of the classroom so that when they reflect back on whether they've taken full advantage of all their resources, they may change their attitude and start to put more of themselves into the class. I've noticed that students really struggle to take risks that involve them being wrong. I aim to provide experiences where students can try things out and learn from their mistakes without affecting their grade or their relationships with peers or instructors. ]]> 2017-01-17 11:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147503267 https://padlet.com/regina_wooten/_myteachingexperience/wish/147947714 I really enjoyed watching this video as I believe this video showed the critical shift that is needed in education and in me. A shared vision; learning as a process not an event and going/being open. I look at this and I can only say I have a long way to go as an educator. I think I teach what I am expected to and I support students as they pursue learning in my classroom. Sometimes I do open the door to allow students the opportunity to explore beyond the curriculum, however that is not the norm. I believe my students would say that in some ways I am in alignment with this speaker and in some ways I am very different. I love what I teach and I believe it is very vital to my students lives and I hope that this is communicated verbally and non verbally to my students. However, I believe my love for my discipline does not completely transfer and fully intrigue the mind of all my students.


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