Returning to Normality
Hi friends!
Coming back from Spring Break is never a fun experience. I am having to wire my brain back into a school-centered mindset, but so far I've been unsuccessful. Spring Break was such a nice, relaxing time, so going back to class and facing responsibilities this week was kind of awful. Regardless, I hope you all enjoyed your break and this week, as well.
I've been honing in on my Flipped Lesson over the past several days, as I'm sure you all have been doing, too. edTPA-centered lesson plans are so incredibly detailed and complex. I keep telling myself that this is for the betterment of my career and students, but at the same time, I'm quite burnt out. Still, doing this now will benefit our future classrooms if we are constantly focusing on the three tasks: Planning, Instruction, and Assessment. This will develop us into better teachers and self-check our instruction so students will receive the best education possible.
It seems like there is something new to learn about Google every time I turn around. There are an incredible amount of programs involved through Google that are helpful in numerous aspects, but particularly with teaching. This week, I researched and played around with Google Classroom. Here is the link: https://classroom.google.com/ but all you have to do is search "classroom" and it pops up.
I plan to keep this in mind whenever I Student Teach and have a classroom of my own. However, currently
this can be used with my Flipped Lesson, since students can log in, watch the videos, and fill out WSQ
forms for assessment.
Creating Flipped Lessons follows NCPTS IV.C: "Teachers use a variety of instructional methods" which is centered around differentiation. Some students might not like the flipped lesson style, but some students will greatly benefit from it. So, using a variety of methods will hopefully reach all students interests.
Let's keep on persevering through these last several weeks of class. We can do it!
Gabrielle
Coming back from Spring Break is never a fun experience. I am having to wire my brain back into a school-centered mindset, but so far I've been unsuccessful. Spring Break was such a nice, relaxing time, so going back to class and facing responsibilities this week was kind of awful. Regardless, I hope you all enjoyed your break and this week, as well.
I've been honing in on my Flipped Lesson over the past several days, as I'm sure you all have been doing, too. edTPA-centered lesson plans are so incredibly detailed and complex. I keep telling myself that this is for the betterment of my career and students, but at the same time, I'm quite burnt out. Still, doing this now will benefit our future classrooms if we are constantly focusing on the three tasks: Planning, Instruction, and Assessment. This will develop us into better teachers and self-check our instruction so students will receive the best education possible.
It seems like there is something new to learn about Google every time I turn around. There are an incredible amount of programs involved through Google that are helpful in numerous aspects, but particularly with teaching. This week, I researched and played around with Google Classroom. Here is the link: https://classroom.google.com/ but all you have to do is search "classroom" and it pops up.
I plan to keep this in mind whenever I Student Teach and have a classroom of my own. However, currently
this can be used with my Flipped Lesson, since students can log in, watch the videos, and fill out WSQ
forms for assessment.
Creating Flipped Lessons follows NCPTS IV.C: "Teachers use a variety of instructional methods" which is centered around differentiation. Some students might not like the flipped lesson style, but some students will greatly benefit from it. So, using a variety of methods will hopefully reach all students interests.
Let's keep on persevering through these last several weeks of class. We can do it!
Gabrielle
Gabrielle, I agree, coming back has been very difficult from out time off. The edTPA does seem confusing since it is completely out of order of the way we were originally instructed. It requires a great amount of detail. It also seems to be way more time consuming. I guess after using it a few times it may become easier. I find it not to be user friendly. I am also working on my flipped lesson plan. I find that it is not complex enough. I'll be editing a bit. I have found some helpful edTPA videos. If you search YouTube there are some on each task phase. I hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteGabrielle,
ReplyDeleteYes, I will agree - coming back from Spring break has been very difficult. The last phase of the semester is always the hardest - hang in there!