16th March, 2011 - So it Begins My Life as a Teacher.
23rd March, 2011 - Disruptions Galore.
30th March, 2011 - Living and Teaching in The World of Technology AND Promoting Cultural Diversity.
6th April, 2011 - I Did it! I Taught for the First Time!
4th May, 2011 - Taught for the 2nd Time.
Reflection of ICT Resources uses with Pedagogical Insights
SLIDES = I created and used Microsoft slides to trigger intellectual quality pedagogy in order to engage, interact and ‘focus on producing deep understanding of importance, substantive concepts ,skills and ideas’ (NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003)
TEACHERTUBE and BBC = I feel websites such as TeacherTube and BBC were used for a Significance Pedagogy in order to relate the classroom lesson to the outside world and engage students using ICT (NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003).
Reference
New South Wales Department of Education and Training (2003). Quality Teaching in Public Schools: Discussion Paper. Week 2 Reading.
New South Wales Institute of Teachers. (2006). Professional Teaching Standards, from Week 1 Reading. Retrieved 3 March, 2011 from http://www.nswteachers.nsw.edu.au/Main-Professional-Teaching-Standards.html
Post regarding NSW Institute Professional Teaching Standards
Throughout my professional experience placement I applied Teaching Strategies Element 4.1.5 ‘used a range of teaching strategies and resources including ICT and other technologies to foster interest and support learning’ (NSW Institute of Teachers, 2006). I used various teaching strategies including but not limited to:
-direct instruction
-questioning
-demonstration
-games
-group work
-individual work and
-scaffolding.
I also used a combination of ICT and non ICT resources including Microsoft Powerpoint slides that I made ‘to foster interest and support learning’ (NSW Institute of Teachers, 2006) for a grammar lesson on commas (see blog post – I did it! I taught for the First Time). I also made my own laminated flash cards ‘to foster interest and support learning’ (NSW Institute of Teachers, 2006) and to engage students making the lesson more hands on and interactive.
Further I used worksheets again ‘to foster interest and support learning (NSW Institute of Teachers, 2006).
Element 4.1.5 was not the only Teaching Standard used throughout my professional experience placements, I also ‘demonstrated a range of questioning techniques designed to support students learning’ (Element 4.1.2 NSW Institute of Teachers, 2006). I did this through class discussions when teaching grammar. I further used questioning techniques during a push and pull science lesson this can be seen in my blog post - Taught for the 2nd Time! I asked science related questions as well as safety related questions as the students were required to open and close the classroom door. These safety related questions can be associated with Element 5.1.7 ‘understanding specific requirements for ensuring students safety in schools’ (NSW Institute of Teachers, 2006).
Further when preparing lessons I ‘selected and organised subject/content in logical, sequential and structured ways to address student learning outcome’ (Element 3.1.3 NSW Institute of Teachers, 2006).
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