Favorite Teaching Internet Site- Week 5

    Out of all the websites I got to see my favorite one was Moppet Games. I really liked this website because children get to play and learn at the same time. I really think this is the best way kids could learn because we all know kids love to have fun so what a best way to teach than while playing. This website also provides some work sheets we would be able to use after reading a story provided on the website. I will suggest this website to my field site teacher and I hope she likes it enough so that we get to use it in class.

Moppet Games

Procrastination- Week 4

As long as I remember I have never had to put things in my EAT class aside for anything else. I always try to finish things on time of course that just like everybody else I sometimes forget. If I ever had to put things aside I will try to rearrange my things or my schedule so that I wouldn't miss anything.

Leadership Opportunity- Week 3

This week while in EAT class we learned about leadership opportunities, this included; Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating. On Monday during EAT class we applied all of this while doing some Halloween activities. One of my favorites one was Creating, we had to create new lyrics for the song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and make it into a Halloween song. This was really fun and even though I don't like singing I enjoyed making up the song.

Learning Preferences- Week 2

As I was in my field site I saw that one of the kids there is very creative. He loves drawing and painting. He doesn't really like reading or listening to the stories his teacher reads, but when they get to the part when they can draw and paint he is the happiest of all. I tried to see if writing was any better than reading but it didn't work either, he tried really hard but a lot of his letter ended up being backwards. This is how I found out that he was right minded, which means that he is very creative and likes things that include creativity rather than more serious things.

My First 2 Days At My Field Site- Week 1

My first 2 days at my field site were nice. I got to learn a lot about how things are done there. I love the kids and how they are all very smart and independent. My teacher is Mrs. Clifford, she is very nice and patient. I love the way she reads to her students, she uses different voices and volumes to make kids be more interested. I got to see the kids dance and how some of them couldn't dance the right ways so they were all acting funny, I was laughing. They like to move around a lot and they are very playful. I cant wait till I go there again and since I will be doing my Presentation I'm even more excited. One other thing I loved about my classroom was that there are lots of games, books and crayons so the kids get to have fun and learn at the same time. I am sure this will be an awesome year for me.

Image Scrimmage Changes

   The grade on my Image Scrimmage was too low. I didn't do so good in all the sections except on "How to Read A Book Seminar." There are some sections on which  I do agree I deserved the grade I got but there are also some in which I think I deserved a little bit more. Something I could do better next time or something that I should have done better was on the "First impressions Last Forever" I wasn't  dressed professionally and I should have done that. On "Demonstrate How to Read a Book" I think I did need to speak louder but other than that I'm not sure what else I did wrong so I think I would need to talk to the people that graded me and see exactly why I got that grade. On my "What would You Do?" and "Verbal Essay" I'm happy with the grade I got and I understand that I was a little nervous. Lastly on my "How to Demonstration" I know I didn't do well because I wasn't ready, I didn't have any visuals and I was really nervous. So next time I have a demonstration to do I will spend more time on getting my stuff prepared and practice more so that I don't get as nervous. I hope that next time I have an important grade like this I will get more prepared.

What Will Technology Look Like in My Classroom

As I saw the chart of how technology involved in a classroom has evolved I thought about what type of technology I want to have in my classroom. First of all I will like to have enough computers because I want to make sure that all my students are able to have internet access at least at school because I know some of them might not have it at home. I would like to teach them how to use the internet in a safe way and for things that will benefit them in some way or another. If it was possible I would like to have a Smart board because I think it's fun and easy to use them. Also because i think they are better than a white board because that way we can save money by not having to buy dry eraser markers. These are just some of the dreams I have as to how I want my classroom to look like.  

How I think Facebook affects kids:

I think that Facebook has it's good and bad things on how it affects kids. It affects in a positive way because it is something kids can use as communication with friends in case they can't see each other personally or just to meet new people. On the other side it has a negative side because sometimes kids get addicted and stop doing other things, like homework, just to be on Facebook.

Opening Message

Hi, Welcome to my blog. My name in Nancy Diaz and  I hope you enjoy reading about my Education and Training adventures this year.