Click here to view a video detailing my educational philosophy.
The creation of this video was a requirement for the class, Integratoin of Tool Software.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Video Presentation
This is a summary of my teaching habits which were observed in a video taken of me presenting a PowerPoint of an energy conservation project I did on ways to change your driving habits in order to improve your gas mileage. It was presented to the 8th grade class which I'm doing my student teaching in.
After reviewing the film that was taken of me delivering my energy conservation project, I was not surprised at some of the funky habits I have when I teach. I'm fully aware of all of them, I just haven't yet figured out a way to get rid of some of the nervousness I get when doing certain things. I know it will get better with practice.
One of the things that I observed myself doing on my video was not taking enough time to say what I really wanted to say. Instead, I was talking too fast and saying the wrong things, which is an awful habit. I need to slow down when I'm trying to explain important concepts so that I don't teach my students the wrong thing. I also fidget a lot. I was moving back and forth and trying to explain things with my hands instead of just saying them. Sometimes it's okay to demonstrate concepts with your hands, but not all the time. I would also rest my hands on my hips a lot when I wasn't moving them around, which makes me laugh. I don't think it's a bad thing, but some people might think that posture may seem a little intimidating. Overall, I'm more pleased than I originally thought the video would turn out.
After reviewing the film that was taken of me delivering my energy conservation project, I was not surprised at some of the funky habits I have when I teach. I'm fully aware of all of them, I just haven't yet figured out a way to get rid of some of the nervousness I get when doing certain things. I know it will get better with practice.
One of the things that I observed myself doing on my video was not taking enough time to say what I really wanted to say. Instead, I was talking too fast and saying the wrong things, which is an awful habit. I need to slow down when I'm trying to explain important concepts so that I don't teach my students the wrong thing. I also fidget a lot. I was moving back and forth and trying to explain things with my hands instead of just saying them. Sometimes it's okay to demonstrate concepts with your hands, but not all the time. I would also rest my hands on my hips a lot when I wasn't moving them around, which makes me laugh. I don't think it's a bad thing, but some people might think that posture may seem a little intimidating. Overall, I'm more pleased than I originally thought the video would turn out.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Energy Conservation Project
This blog details a report I did on ways to change your driving techniques in order to save gas or increase your gas mileage. It inculdes a written report, a PowerPoint presentation, and an Excel spreadsheet representing the ways I kept track and calculated my data.
I thoroughly enjoyed doing my energy conservation project. I learned a lot about how I can change my lifestyle habits in small ways to help conserve our natural resources in the long run. The project gave me good prospective of what to expect from a project like this if I ever decide to assign something similar to my own students.
After presenting my results about improving my gas mileage to my 8th grade students, they seemed like they were very interesting in trying it out for themselves (they are just old enough now to have a permit). Although I have yet to review my video presentation, the students seemed very interested throughout the whole presentation, which led me to believe that my PowerPoint presentation I put together wasn't all that bad. Hopefully that was the case.
Overall, I learned that changing my driving can indeed improve my gas mileage, which conserves a lot of other things like money, resources, and possibly my life. I'm much more relaxed behind the wheel now and I laugh at people who speed by me but end up stopping at the same stop light I do.
Click here to view a Powerpoint presentation that details the project more thoroughly.
Project Report
Preview data collected from report and presented on Excel
I thoroughly enjoyed doing my energy conservation project. I learned a lot about how I can change my lifestyle habits in small ways to help conserve our natural resources in the long run. The project gave me good prospective of what to expect from a project like this if I ever decide to assign something similar to my own students.
After presenting my results about improving my gas mileage to my 8th grade students, they seemed like they were very interesting in trying it out for themselves (they are just old enough now to have a permit). Although I have yet to review my video presentation, the students seemed very interested throughout the whole presentation, which led me to believe that my PowerPoint presentation I put together wasn't all that bad. Hopefully that was the case.
Overall, I learned that changing my driving can indeed improve my gas mileage, which conserves a lot of other things like money, resources, and possibly my life. I'm much more relaxed behind the wheel now and I laugh at people who speed by me but end up stopping at the same stop light I do.
Click here to view a Powerpoint presentation that details the project more thoroughly.
Project Report
Preview data collected from report and presented on Excel
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