So I have put this off as long as possible because for some reason I find edubloggers very daunting and commenting on one of their post frightens me. I even went back and looked at our assignment to see if there was a way around commenting on an edubloggers post but unfortunately there is not! I am not sure exactly why this part of the assignment has me so nervous, I have had two edubloggers' pages open in my browser for over a week now and only because I have to turn in a link to prove that I did comment on their blogs.
I actually haven't done it yet, but I will! I have also spent waaaay to much time finding the perfect blog post to make a comment on!! I don't know what to say, I feel like I do not have anything to add to the conversation. All of the posts that I like have a lot of comments on them already and through reading them all I do not feel like I have something to add. The other posts the are less intriguing have few posts which I also find intimidating. It is nerve racking to post something to the internet with my name on it. Also what is the blogger etiquette? If a post is older than a month can I still comment on it?
While I have spent too much time looking at edubloggers I came across this page and maybe you all did too for new teachers and I have found it useful!
Ok I did it!!! I am not sure why this was so difficult for me. I think this comes at a time when I am feeling very insecure about my confidence in creating my own idea for the classroom and contributing to the conversation. I have been a student for so long I am very good at going to class and answering the questions my professors ask me but when it come to planning my own lessons and commenting on edubloggers I have zero confidence. Is this normal? I know that I am not supposed to be perfect or have all of the answers but I think I need to be a little more confident! This might be a good time for fake it till you make it!
I do have something to contribute and I will be a great teacher!! Thanks for sticking with me for this frustrated post! From here on out I will be more confident and positive!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Lots of Questions
This semester as we have been learning about new tech tools, how to flip our classroom, incorporate cell phones, and utilize all google has to offer, I have been thinking about how classrooms are changing and how hard it is for teachers to change. I will be a relatively young teacher when I start teaching next year and I am hesitant to use technology in my classroom. What if I plan a lesson centered around technology and something goes wrong, the internet is not working or the website that I would like my students to use is down? Do I plan two lessons? Do we just try again? I know that problems like this are occurring less often in many schools but in some schools internet is still an issue.
We have read articles explaining that we cannot teach the way we were taught, but how do you decide what type of technology or how much to incorporate. What is enough and what is distracting? Do I need to use technology to move forward as an educator? I feel that I have learned a lot about effective ways to implement different tech tools or tech strategies in teaching but when I am a full time new teacher I fear that I am going to go back to what I am comfortable with and what I know. How do I prevent that?
I have been learning a lot through reading the edubloggers and I think that is a good solution to keep my teaching up to date and to push myself as an educator. I hope that I will be able to teach with people who also would like work to be innovative in incorporating technology or in pushing themselves as teachers. I am excited about all of the technology that we have learned about this semester but worried about actually using it. What do you all think? What are you going to use or not use? How will you decide?
This year is for us to learn how to be the most effective teacher we can be. I would like to try to incorporate some of the tech tools that I have learned about this semester but how do I balance this with trying to learn all of the other aspects of teaching and working in someone else's classroom?
I am sorry for all of the questions in the post but this is where my mind goes when I think about everything we have learned this semester and how I am going to be able to apply it all come January.
We have read articles explaining that we cannot teach the way we were taught, but how do you decide what type of technology or how much to incorporate. What is enough and what is distracting? Do I need to use technology to move forward as an educator? I feel that I have learned a lot about effective ways to implement different tech tools or tech strategies in teaching but when I am a full time new teacher I fear that I am going to go back to what I am comfortable with and what I know. How do I prevent that?
I have been learning a lot through reading the edubloggers and I think that is a good solution to keep my teaching up to date and to push myself as an educator. I hope that I will be able to teach with people who also would like work to be innovative in incorporating technology or in pushing themselves as teachers. I am excited about all of the technology that we have learned about this semester but worried about actually using it. What do you all think? What are you going to use or not use? How will you decide?
This year is for us to learn how to be the most effective teacher we can be. I would like to try to incorporate some of the tech tools that I have learned about this semester but how do I balance this with trying to learn all of the other aspects of teaching and working in someone else's classroom?
I am sorry for all of the questions in the post but this is where my mind goes when I think about everything we have learned this semester and how I am going to be able to apply it all come January.
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