A. Follow the guidelines (those that you followed to write your previous journals) and talk about what you learned throughout the ENTIRE SEMESTER: What, How, and Why?
Throughout the Fall 2009 Semester I have learned a lot about the teaching world. I had my first experience with students at an elementary school and knew the very first day of my clinical that I chose the right path. At the beginning of the semester I was not sure why I was required to take Music 373 but figured it had a purpose and I would know it sooner or later. I personally love music and not until I took this class did I realize how much music is a part of our every day lives. It is an important aspect of life and a very useful resource in the teaching arena. It is great to expose students to music at a young age and not only to inspire the next famous composer but to create a positive and energetic environment.
B. Answer the following questions about keeping an e-portfolio on Blog:
1. List and Explain 5 things that are really cool about having your assignments done this way (postings on Blog) (one paragraph).
The e-portfolio is a really cool way to turn in assignments because it is convenient and always accessible as long as you have a computer and Internet access. The other neat thing about the e-portfolio is that you don’t have to worry about printing out assignments. Sometimes it can be hectic getting to a computer lab or you can run in to technical issues. It is a good tool to communicate with others and with the professor. It also helped to have the assignments as a reference tool for final exam review. One of my favorite things was having the opportunity to introduce myself to the professor by writing an intro on the blog. Sometimes it is easier to write then to actually speak in public. It was also time efficient since we were a big class we were able to get down to business right away.
2. List and Explain 5 things that are problematic about posting assignments on Blog. (One paragraph)
I did not come across to many issues with the blog. I guess because I was not familiar with blogs prior to this experience it freaked me out at the beginning when it was announced to the class that we would be posting to a blog. Not sure why, this freaked me out, perhaps the unknown? I don’t believe we had written instructions and that seemed to raise a lot of questions. Once I got on the blog and posted it was OK and the world was not going to come to an end. Some students had concerns about others copying their work. I can see how some students did not want their work used by someone else but at this level we should not worry about that. You only cheat yourself by doing this. I guess the last thing is that I created several posts that were not followed by the professor therefore they were counted as missing. I was never really clear on how to clean up my blog as I was afraid to delete information.
3. Overall, what do you think about this part of assignment? (One paragraph)
Overall, I think this part of the assignment was pretty straight forward and a good method. I like that although it had structure it also had room for free writing. As mentioned before it was good to have information on the chapters from the book as a reference during the final exam. I also liked that it allowed for our recorded lesson plan teaching be posted for our review. I did not realize some of my mistakes and qualities until I was able to view it. I also had the opportunity to see other lessons being taught and got some pointers for future teaching.
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