Friday, February 5, 2010
Artifacts and Characteristics of the Novice Teacher #1
The artifact that I have chosen to represent the #1 characteristic of a novice teacher would be an assignment that I completed this week for a reading class. This assignment required us to read educational articles to help provide insight to different teaching techniques. The three articles focused on the idea of communication and how it can enhance comprehension as well as the need for appropriate skills when using the web to communicate ideas. After reading these articles I created a reflection on how I can use this information to enhance my teaching and promote life long learning in my students. I was able to reflect on the ideas and create lessons that use the techniques suggested. I believe that it is extremely important as an educator to seek outside resources to improve the learning in your classroom. I also believe that it is important to try out new skills and strategies so that students are challenged and do not become bored with the same everyday instruction. Educators also need to use the resources available at their school by participating in sit based seminars, and even participating in co-teaching. These collaboration techniques will not only provide professional development as an educator, but also the learning of students.
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I agree with you Susan. I think as educators, we ourselves, should be life long learners. It is important that we are constantly learning new ways or strategies to improve our teaching. It is also important to seek outside resources to better meet the needs of our students. In addition, our colleagues can be our best resources, especially if they have more experience than we do. It is also important to share experiences and ideas with each other because we can learn a lot by reflecting upon lessons and discussing them with others. I agree with you that we try to spice up our teaching so that students are sucked into a routine that becomes boring. We always want to find ways to engage students and keep them interested.
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