My journey has definitely been a meaningful process that I continue to experience as we reach the end of this program. Throughout this process I have learned many things, some of these include changing my mindset about different aspects of teaching, considering how the things I do in class affect my students, and thinking about the personal factors that affect my teaching. My thoughts about how I should teach my students have steered even more to focusing on my students instead of what makes me comfortable, to consider technology and how it can benefit my students, even when I am not comfortable with a new tool. I now think about what tools I apply in my lessons will have a greater effect in my students instead of just helping me make a lesson fun. Overall, this program has made the process of thinking about my teaching more clear and purposeful. I know I still have much to learn, but I can definitely notice a difference from the time I started the program to now that I am at the end of this step in my own learning. Thinking back to different sessions and discussions, I’m reminded of the importance of taking care of my needs as a teacher. Learning, questioning and not being afraid of making mistakes are important for growth, but so is understanding what we need as teachers. I understand that I need to further my education in order to better serve my students, I need to take risks, and at the same time feel comfortable with being uncomfortable. I am at a place now where I feel motivated to continue exploring and in no way do I feel that I know all that there is to know, but I certainly want to continue to learn what I don’t yet know.
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After changing my plan for my Capstone video twice and still feeling like I needed to change more things, I have finally come to a more clear idea of what I need to do. Stepping away from my video for a while has helped me be able to think of better ways to move clips and what I say in the video. Between my Capstone site and the video, my brain has been constantly thinking for a while now. Initially I was envisioning something in my head but when I started to put it together I quickly found it was a bit more difficult than expected. I’ve reorganized my plan and decided to use a few video clips I had previously created in the classroom with students. There are some song videos and other classroom clips that I can use to fill in the extra talking space I need. I wanted to make my video with only video clips but I might have to add some text slides or images in order to fill the gaps when talking. At this point I am still editing the video and trying not to overthink it. |
AuthorWelcome to my blog! I'm Jose Cerda and in this blog I have kept a record of my experiences and new things I haver learned throughout this program. Archives
December 2018
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