Tales of a Future Teacher

The end of the semester is upon us and it is time to write my fourth and final blog post for EDUC 250. I cannot believe how quickly the semester has gone by and I am so amazed by all I have learned and experienced. I am excited to reflect on all of the experiences from the last month as we move into the final two weeks of the class. One learning experience I have had since my last post was getting the opportunity to teach my lesson plan in class. As I have been working on my lesson plan since early September, it was exciting to finally get to teach my standard. Teaching and then watching a video of my lesson was eye-opening. The lesson itself went well but was by no means perfect. By watching the video, I got ideas for how I would improve this lesson and my teaching in the future. I was also excited to implement some of the technology I have been working with into my lesson plan. Way back in September, when I first started planning, I found an incredible app called Solar Walk. The...

I can hardly believe that we are halfway finished with this semester. The last few weeks of EDUC 250 have been both busy and exciting! So many things have happened, both in and outside of the classroom. I am excited to reflect on these experiences and share all I have learned. Two major learning experiences I have had in EDUC 250 in the last few weeks have been Hands-on-Halloween and attending a School Board meeting in Gaston County. Hands-on-Halloween took place on October 31st during class time. Our class and other classes within the School of Education were given the opportunity to work with a group of third graders from Boiling Springs Elementary school. While volunteering, I got to observe an activity where students worked to pick out the key details in a text. It was amazing to see students’ faces light up when they got something right or when they understood something. It reminded me of Standard 1a of the North Carolina Teacher Candidate Standards. This standard talks about ma...