Welcome: Hey everyone I'm Michael Carbonara. I'm a mid-level education mathematics major at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and this post is for my SEDU 183 Final. The video below is my "I believe" video that we were assigned to make not to long ago. This video is about my personal views on teaching.
My Classroom:
As seen above my students will be split up into six
tables with four students at each table. By doing so I’m influencing collaboration
between the students of each table and allowing them to teach each other. With
the way the classroom is set up the students are being pushed into more
communication based learning. They will be allowed time in the beginning and end
of class to discuss and work in order to get them to interact with each other
and myself more.
Rituals and Routines:
At the beginning of each week I will randomly pick a student in the class by
pulling their names out of a jar. This student will be the “Teacher’s Assistant”
during the week. What they’ll do is help pass papers, tests, and quizzes that
we may have. Every day the students will come into class and have “MATH MINUTES”
to do on the Smart Board which is represented in the photo by the projector.
The “MATH MINUTES” will consist of 5-10 questions and the students will be given
5-10 minutes to complete the questions. The questions will always have at least
two questions of past materials in order to help them remember the material
throughout the year. Next we will review the home work from the night before. This
daily ritual allows for collaboration and communication based learning between
the students because they are given a certain amount of time to work on their “MATH
MINUTES” and if they are having trouble there are three other people there who
can help.
Instructional Glimpse:
Each day before the students walk into the classroom there will be a series of
problems called “MATH MINUTES” on the Smart Board which is represented by the projector
in the picture above. The students and their group will be responsible for
solving the problems in the first 5-10 minutes in class. We will then review
the “MATH MINUTES” together as a class and move onto the homework from the
night before. Students will be told to make changes and fix problems in pen
while the class is reviewing the homework then turn it in. I do this so that I
may determine their understanding of the material and adjust my plans
accordingly. Next we’ll move onto the Objective of the day which is a very
basic outline of what it is we will be doing that day in class. Then I will teach
the lesson and at certain points throughout the lesson I will verbally check
for a class understanding of what was just taught. If everyone says they
understand then as a class we shall continue, but if a majority says they do
not understand then I will go back over the material once more. When we are done
with the lesson the students will do a series of three Wrap Up questions so
they can practice what they’ve just learned. At the end of every class the
students will be given group time in which each table can either look back over
that days lesson and come ask me questions, work on the homework, or that group
can do either or. The amount of group time given all depends on how long it
takes us to get through the material for that day. However, any the students
are not allowed to work with anyone outside their groups table unless instructed
otherwise.
My Technology Integration:
I will use a Smart Board in my everyday class instruction and assessment.
Student will be asked to come up to the Smart Board and either to solve the
math equations already on the board, to write their tables answer and then
explain it, or to write the number and problem from the homework which they, as
an individual student, would like to be furthered explained and shown by me the
teacher. I will also introduce the website Dr. Math to them and show them how
to use it when they are home and don’t understand the math homework equations.
PLN:
This semester
we have been taught many ways to incorporate technology in to our classrooms
through the use of certain tools. We were shown tools such as Facebook, twitter,
and blogging. In my class I would set up a blog and twitter account that the
students could view when needed to at home or in the schools computer labs. I would
use the blog to put up interesting news videos that may pertain to the
students, instructional videos that I believe the class should watch, and “recap”
videos of my lessons I think the students need again. Twitter would be used as
a simple and efficient way to notify the students of new material on the blog.
Feedback: If you have any other comments or questions e-mail me Michael Carbonara.
Annotated Bibliography:
Richardson, Will, and Rob Mancabelli. Personal Learning
Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education. Bloomington,
IN: Solution Tree, 2011. Print.
"Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn
More." Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More. Web. 08 May
2012. <http://www.facebook.com/>.
"Welcome to Twitter." Twitter. Web. 08 May
2012. <http://twitter.com/>.
"The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math." The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math. Web. 08 May 2012. <http://mathforum.org/dr.math/>.
Thank you for reading!!
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