I did this blog a few weeks early because I’m out of state right now with a group of high school students on a service project trip and have no internet, so I am also doing my reflection right now, so it’s probably not exactly a reflection of what I was doing this week with classes. The unit I prepared though was really a fun assignment for me to do, I didn’t mind it, sat down one weekend and just got started and didn’t stop. I had done an UbD plan last semester when I took Technology in Instructional Design so I already knew what the UbD template was and how to complete the different sections. I still had my book too, which I’m glad I kept and didn’t sell, because it was very helpful when I came to a section and needed a reminder of what I was supposed to do. This was especially helpful in the WHERETO part of the process. I know I wouldn’t remember what each one of those letters stood for if I didn’t still have my book.
Differentiation for me was always something I had to put in my lesson plans in undergraduate classes as I was student teaching and doing my teaching units, but I don’t remember my professors really ever going over exactly what differentiation was (could be I wasn’t paying attention though). Since this is the case, I learned a lot throughout the course of this semester and realized that I am already doing some differentiation in the classroom without having to think about it, but there is a an extremely large area for improvement in the future years. I only am going to be at school for another week once I get back from my trip and then it’s summer, we get out really early, so all these ideas are going to have to be ones that if I haven’t started this year, I save for next year. I am used to teaching six different subjects a day to all different age levels, but next year I am mainly teaching math to 4th-9th grade with a ⅘ history class so it’ll be nice to be able to have more time to work on incorporating the different things I learned in this class in the classroom.
Last week of this class and I’m ready for summer, though it’ll be a busy one with three classes, and next fall with four classes and working full time, I may never get to see the light of day except through a window. It’s been fun having class with you all this semester and I’m sure I’ll see at least a few of you in future classes. Hope you all have great summers!
Differentiation for me was always something I had to put in my lesson plans in undergraduate classes as I was student teaching and doing my teaching units, but I don’t remember my professors really ever going over exactly what differentiation was (could be I wasn’t paying attention though). Since this is the case, I learned a lot throughout the course of this semester and realized that I am already doing some differentiation in the classroom without having to think about it, but there is a an extremely large area for improvement in the future years. I only am going to be at school for another week once I get back from my trip and then it’s summer, we get out really early, so all these ideas are going to have to be ones that if I haven’t started this year, I save for next year. I am used to teaching six different subjects a day to all different age levels, but next year I am mainly teaching math to 4th-9th grade with a ⅘ history class so it’ll be nice to be able to have more time to work on incorporating the different things I learned in this class in the classroom.
Last week of this class and I’m ready for summer, though it’ll be a busy one with three classes, and next fall with four classes and working full time, I may never get to see the light of day except through a window. It’s been fun having class with you all this semester and I’m sure I’ll see at least a few of you in future classes. Hope you all have great summers!