My Year As An Intern

  This year as an intern has been one of my most adventurous one yet. I was able to ecperience many things that every day teachers would have to go through. I experienced how a terrible day is when the students wouldn't listen to. How they keep on making trouble no matter what, and how they would get on the last nerve of a teacher before they explode. I've also had the chance to experience how a parent would react when they didn't meet eye to eye with a teacher. The conflict that grows throughout the year along with the stress too. Nausea grows as time goes by when students don't listen to you. The sick feeling you get when you feel you aren't making any progress with the students gets to you. The teachers go though a lot, and this seemed to the hardest many have said. I thought that I would end up having the students behave badly until the school ended, but that wasn't the case.
  Even though there were lots of downs, I had also had my moments with my teacher and students in the class. Just like when they choose a day or week of not listening, they also choose days of when they are angels. When I would teach something fun, everyone would listen intentively and participate in what I'm doing. Many also seemed eager to learn which lifts your heart up. The good, it seemed, always weighed out the bad. When the students tell you they love you or that you are great, it makes up for most of the bad part.
  This experience had made me certain that I have chosen the correct career path, and I will not sway from it. I had learned from my mentor on how strongly things need to be corrected. Even though I don't believe in some of her methods of class management, I do see where she is  coming from, and I will learn to try to make sure that my class methods would not be so hard or too soft.
  I wish that I had participated more in teaching my class, but the experience was really great. Next year I will try harder to captivate my students more in what they are learning and try to keep them out of trouble as well.

High School Teacher Creates New Educational App

   Anyone have an iPad, droid, or a technology that has apps yet? If so then how many of you know how to create an app? The article Article From eClassroom News  is all about how this one high school math teacher was able to create an app for his students. The app he created had allowed the students to be able to add comment to any kinds of files like to PDFs, PowerPoint, etc.This kind of app is really helpful to students of every grade.
   If I had known about to make an app then I probably would've made one for my classroom. It is hard to find games or fun activities for the students to engage in and at the same time help them learn. If I can I would make an app of an animal food chain for science or a quick restaurant game to help the students with their math when it came to paying the bill. This is what I would use an app for. Other than making an app for anything else... I wouldn't because I am lazy.

Beyond the Blackboard

  Have any of you ever seen the movie Beyond the Blackboard? I did... three times to be exact, and it is an amazing movie. I would recommend reading the book first because it is more in-depth, but if time isn't on your side then the movie would be the next great big choice.
  What I've seen in the movie is Stacy Bess has to overcome obstacles such as having to teach first to sixth grade all at the same time. Another obstacle was that at the beginning Stacy Bess didn't have any teaching materials, and what kind of teacher teaches without anything to teach with? I give her props because I doubt not many of us could have done what she did.
  I am planning on teaching art in high school, and let me tell you... It would be really difficult to teach how to draw if I didn't have penicls or papers fort the students to use. Probably what I would've done was just teach them verbally. I have to think about what would I do if that did actually happen to me. Anyone have any ideas?

The Advantages of Technology in the Classroom

  In the article I had read, Advantages of Technology in Classrooms, lists about five different advantages of why it is helpful to have technology in the classroom. The following reasons are what the author Eric Schreiner gave:
  1) Made accessing information easier
  2) Allowed us to easily edit our essays
  3) Provided supplementary information
  4) Made communications between two people faster
  5) Motivated students to learn more and have fun

  All of these advantages are great reasons for why every class should have technology in some way. It catches the eye of students much better than books or old projectors. I know that it caught my eye many times. With the new technology like the smart boards  students enjoy watching what the teachers are doing with it, so they learn better. I was able to learn more about computer science when my teacher used the smart board because it didn't make me fall asleep.  Another reason why technology is so great is because it helps the students be more creative with their work and helps them AIM FOR THE STARS.

Reflection on Last Semester

  For me last semester was pretty good I suppose. You know how teachers learn their students' name in less than a week? Well, I've been interning for almost NINE WEEKS already, and I at least know half of my kids. Dang, I'm a bad intern aren't I? :(
  Alright, well I have made up my mind. I am making my 2012 resolution, and it is to learn all of my students' name. Now lets go on ahead and crack it up a notch. Let's go and say that I will memorize not only their first name but their last name as well. I think that is a better resolution since I do not know anyone's last name. I apologize to the parents of the kids I have because they do not deserve a intern like me.
  But my other resolutions are posted in the picture above. Although I don't smoke and I have no credit card debt to pay off so I can cross two things off the list now. YAY!! :D Now, that was easy. Also I am taking chinese class in school, so I would like to learn more if I can before the school year ends. I hope you all have made your 2012 resolutions as well. And if you need any help, I am here :) I help you, and in return you can help me too. So, let's go and tackle our list, and remember to AIM FOR THE STARS!!

My Ideal Classroom

An example of an art class

    My ideal classroom is something that would take a while for me to create for it is a high school art class that I would like to have. I would have a main classroom, but also a relaxing room as an open edition to the classroom. It would be a sort of break room/ creativity room where students can go to read if they are done with their work and brainstorm for more ideas. With the classroom set up as it is, I want to eliminate the feeling room being cluttered, overly crowded, and get rid of any negative feelings that the students would bring into the class from their previous classes. In order to attain this environment, every student is seated at a table that is combined with another table to create more room for them to work on their projects. I would place chairs around the table according to how I would want them to sit for I would not like anyone showing their back to me. I would want the students to interact with one another and gather creative ideas from each other. In the relaxing room there are three bean bag chairs so the students may rest or begin creative thinking for their next art project. In order to get the student’s creative juices flowing, art work would be hung around the room on the walls. In the relaxing room there will be different types of art such as: still life, cartoon, sketches, paintings, etc… In the main classroom on the walls will be drawings from the students to encourage them and give them more artistic ideas. Lastly there are drawings by me right behind the desk to show that I actually know what I am teaching. My desk is put in the corner to make the classroom appear less boring and to have a better view of the students. Every little thing in the room plays a part in what my ideal classroom would be like. A great classroom is a great way to help the student AIM FOR THE STARS!