Thursday, January 21, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Video 2
If I am what I learn then I need to crack open more books and binge on knowledge! The theme of this video keeps reminding me of Dos Equis "The most interesting man in the world". Like the last video this clip was inspirational, and could inspire even the biggest couch potato to get off their rear and do something with their life. At the young age of twenty I have much to live and aspire to in my life, and I am at the age where it is all up to me and no one is keeping me tied down. So let me learn all that I can so that I can be my greatest.
Google part 1
This week opened my eyes! I never had a clue that google was more than a search engine and email provider until this class. I have mobile me and I know it has a lot of stuff on it, but I pay for that! Google is all free! I love having a blog now and basically having the world in my hands through google. Not only do I have all of these limitless possibilities right in front of me, but I am learning how to use it. Which means it will actually be of use for my life! The google calendar is an OCD's(like me!)dream! the organization and colors and everything can be scheduled to the second in my day, and I get texted about it! Soooo let us analyze this. Extreme organization for my busy life, and texting. What else in this life do I need? Probably just a slice of cheesecake and I am set! I will admit that google docs as amazing at it is I still need practice to figure it all out. There are so many things one can do in it I feel like I will never be able to remember it all! Great lesson this week, and I am so excited for the rest of the semester...I am learning things that apply to my life after college!!!! THANK YOU!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Video 1
What an awesome kid! No fear! His speech was cute and humorous to watch at the beginning, but then it made me realize how important a career in the educational field is. I feel honored going into this profession. In my intro to education class we have an assignment to tell about why we want to teach. This speech he gave sums it all up. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I think everyone should see this video and show what respect educators need and how much impact they put on student's lives.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
My Ideal Classroom
The classroom of my dreams would be in France or Switzerland high in the alps in a beautiful little town. The people there would be of great wealth (equals awesome paycheck for me), intelligence, style and have amazing skills on the slopes. The school that I teach at is a private school, that teaches k-12(very small town) everyone in town goes there. Yes I am weird I like uniforms. The building is an old but large Chateau with a Grand Ballroom that is now the cafeteria/ auditorium. Which has a floor to ceiling (25ft) fireplace. We need to get warmed up after having our morning ski class, so yes a fireplace of such great size is necessary.
I know what you are thinking, this sounds more like a rich kids getaway camp than school. It is not though so don't worry. Every morning at 8:00 Students arrive at school and meet their teachers at the bottom of the ski lift (this is considered gym). For two hours students receive technique lessons and strength training to prepare for competitions on weekends with other towns. The last hour of skiing is free time to explore, race, and enjoy the mountains.
After skiing the students gather in the Grand Ballroom for lunch where they enjoy a healthy but scrumptious meal crafted by the school's chef from Italy. Finishing up lunch hour the students quickly freshen up by changing out of ski gear into school uniforms and gathering their books for classes. Classes are separated into grades at this time, I teach a few different classes throughout the rest of the day.
My first class I teach high school age students Art history. In this classroom thanks to generous town members we have collected quite a collection of Monet, Kandinksy, Renoir, and a large collection of underground artists. I teach from classical Greek to post modern contemporary. Weekend Field trips for this class are often to the Louvre, or Architectural studies in Rome. The students are very fortunate to live so close to the origionals of many art history classics.
After art history I work my way down to younger grades where I teach around 6th grade level. In this class we mostly cover learning the great works of english literature. In the classroom/ it is the library the entire backwall is a floor to ceiling bookshelf filled will millions of books. The sides of the room are large windows with window seats for great comfortable reading. I read for about half the classtime on the classic book we are reading, then spend the other half discussing what we have read. For homework students have their own books of choice in the assigned genre for the month and create book report presentations of their choice.
My final class that I teach is a science class. I partner with my husband during this class, but he teaches during the rest of the day Logic and Philosophy classes .The last class of the day the whole school meets in the greenhouse on the side of the school. In this class we teach the students about herbology, botony, and biology. There are also few fresh and salt water aquariums where we can teach the students about aquatic life. The greenhouse is filled with student's projects which are caring for and breeding plants of all shapes and sizes.
As you can see this is a non traditional school. My colleagues and I all work hard together to teach these students all that is needed to know, but we teach at a more hands on approach, and make it a open minded environment. Other teachers will teach language, geography and other core classes. Yes since we are in Europe the students learn up to three languages by the age of seven. This is a school where everyone can say they love school. There are more ways to get an education than the traditional sit in school for seven hours and listen to the teacher lecture. The classes I teach will be different and interesting. Never a dull moment!
I know what you are thinking, this sounds more like a rich kids getaway camp than school. It is not though so don't worry. Every morning at 8:00 Students arrive at school and meet their teachers at the bottom of the ski lift (this is considered gym). For two hours students receive technique lessons and strength training to prepare for competitions on weekends with other towns. The last hour of skiing is free time to explore, race, and enjoy the mountains.
After skiing the students gather in the Grand Ballroom for lunch where they enjoy a healthy but scrumptious meal crafted by the school's chef from Italy. Finishing up lunch hour the students quickly freshen up by changing out of ski gear into school uniforms and gathering their books for classes. Classes are separated into grades at this time, I teach a few different classes throughout the rest of the day.
My first class I teach high school age students Art history. In this classroom thanks to generous town members we have collected quite a collection of Monet, Kandinksy, Renoir, and a large collection of underground artists. I teach from classical Greek to post modern contemporary. Weekend Field trips for this class are often to the Louvre, or Architectural studies in Rome. The students are very fortunate to live so close to the origionals of many art history classics.
After art history I work my way down to younger grades where I teach around 6th grade level. In this class we mostly cover learning the great works of english literature. In the classroom/ it is the library the entire backwall is a floor to ceiling bookshelf filled will millions of books. The sides of the room are large windows with window seats for great comfortable reading. I read for about half the classtime on the classic book we are reading, then spend the other half discussing what we have read. For homework students have their own books of choice in the assigned genre for the month and create book report presentations of their choice.
My final class that I teach is a science class. I partner with my husband during this class, but he teaches during the rest of the day Logic and Philosophy classes .The last class of the day the whole school meets in the greenhouse on the side of the school. In this class we teach the students about herbology, botony, and biology. There are also few fresh and salt water aquariums where we can teach the students about aquatic life. The greenhouse is filled with student's projects which are caring for and breeding plants of all shapes and sizes.
As you can see this is a non traditional school. My colleagues and I all work hard together to teach these students all that is needed to know, but we teach at a more hands on approach, and make it a open minded environment. Other teachers will teach language, geography and other core classes. Yes since we are in Europe the students learn up to three languages by the age of seven. This is a school where everyone can say they love school. There are more ways to get an education than the traditional sit in school for seven hours and listen to the teacher lecture. The classes I teach will be different and interesting. Never a dull moment!
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