Teaching Channel Video Analysis

The teacher demonstrated her patience by helping the student with his presentation and not hurrying him or making it seem like she was just ready to get it over with. I also learned that students respond to positive emotions sent their way. Another one of the things that I thought she did that was important was changing her lesson so that the students that were not interacting with other students on their own could feel included. I believe that may be the most important of all the aspects of the emotional regulation she chose to use. I know I will definitely be using her “student artwork” idea throughout my classroom as well as having a calendar to celebrate student birthdays so as to not make any feel left out. Overall I enjoyed this observation because I related to it some with my past and I know if I had a teacher like her in my life, I may have developed differently in a more positive light. The reason why I want to be a teacher is to make a difference in children’s lives just like my observation teacher has done in her classroom and continues to do every

Despite the new discoveries in medicine whether it is a new vaccine or antibiotic, the most basic components for disease prevention and death in humans depends on a good nutrition and access to clean water. The RX for Survival: Back to the Basics video depicts how both an inadequate nutrition and malnutrition can impaired a child’s physically and developmentally. It is estimated that over 100 million children in the world are undernourished and causing the death of more than “one third” of the children (WHO). Furthermore, the consumption of contaminated water, which carries disease organism, exacerbates the mortality rate among children.

I hope to build a relationship with every student I teach and let them know that their individual talents and personalities are appreciated. I believe that every student can learn when they are accepted for whom and where they are in their educational journey. Every student has potential to learn and should not be discouraged by personal setbacks. I hope to inspire Dweck’s philosophy of a growth mindset in my students where they believe that they can learn through dedication and hard work. Effective learning requires collaboration between teacher, students, and parents grounded in mutual trust and respect. Therefore I believe that the teacher should also have a “growth mindset” and take feedback from students, peers, and parents in order become a better

Learning is unique to each individual. Some students learn well in a structured group setting. There are visual, auditory, and hands on learners. Others find it easier to learn with one on one instruction some are capable of teaching themselves like Fredrick Douglas. An ideal educational experience would incorporate the various procedures highlighted in the video “Unschooling: the new class of learning”. These learning methods include those of Dale J. Stephens, a student who started a self-directed school and Arno Stern an educated researcher who “created a space for children to play and paint without restraint, without goal, and without competition”.

“The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.” As perceived by Tom Bradley, it’s our choice whether we want to dream or not. But throughout our dream unit, we have watched many videos and read books and articles. All of these had something in common, dreams. Some achieved, others not. Either way, they all got something out of it and they all put hard work and effort into it. While it might not last long, or something bad could happen after we achieve our dream, it is worth it to dream because we’ll feel accomplished once we achieve it, it allows us to live our life to the fullest, and achieving our dream can open the door to many other opportunities.

knowledge. The best part is, it is fun and develops interaction. This video will improve mainly decoding words and phonic awareness.

I believe a teacher must acquire appropriate skills in order to be successful and effective while teaching her students. Teachers should be trustworthy, approachable, encouraging, respectable, and understanding. Teachers can create a safe learning environment which will allow for equal opportunities for students. By providing a safe learning environment, students have the ability to reach their full learning potential, and can go above and beyond the goals they have set for themselves. During my time as a pre-service teacher, I had the opportunity to observe a well-respected teacher who not only earns respect from her students but gives respect in return. It is evident that Mrs. Birdsong makes a point to develop a relationship with each of her students in order for them to be successful during their short time in her classroom. She has created an

“A Better Life” reflects the reality of immigrants’ lives. I learned some immigrant experiences through this video.

It is my desire as a role model and teacher to help students by meeting them where they are at and reach their fullest potential by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites ideas to be shared openly. It is my goal to teach students effective tools to gain a voice and be able to identify and understand other voices in this world. I believe the ideal curriculum is one which provides students with extensive individual freedom and requires them to ask their own questions, conduct their own inquiries, and draw on their own conclusions. My lessons and instruction will only be powerful if I have spent time establishing relationships and an effective behavior management system with my students. Also, by providing students access to hands-on activities and allowing adequate time and space to use materials that reinforce the lesson being studied, creates an opportunity for individual discovery and construction of knowledge to

This video introduces new vocabulary terms. First of all, statistics is the study of variability. Secondly, statistics is broken down into two parts descriptive and inferential. Descriptive is when you collect data and talk about it. Inferential is when you take a sample and use it to make an inference about the population. Thirdly, the video talks about the difference between population and sample. Sample is a smaller part of the population. When you take a sample and come up with an average, that average is called a statistic. When you find the average of population, that average is called a parameter. Lastly, gathering information about the whole population is called a census. In conclusion, a statistic based on a sample helps make an inference about the parameter of the whole population.

The teacher, Jenna Ogier, in the Teaching Channel video lessons is applying the student centered constructivism theory. Ogier uses many of the components of constructivism, which includes a literature focused unit (Tompkins, 2014, p. 7). Furthermore, Ogier is relying on students to make a connection to background knowledge and to make an inference to construct their own knowledge. Tompkins (2014) asserts that in the constructivism theory “Learning occurs when students integrate new information with their existing knowledge” (p. 8). Additionally, Tracey (2012) expresses that in the constructivism theory “learning results from a process known as ‘inferencing’” (p. 58). In the video lessons the students make inferences by using what they know

As I continue to view the video one classroom strategy I favored was Mrs. Hopf’s implementation of the fingering number system. It was a nonverbal way of communication that is used in the classroom to help cut down on the disruptions in class; however by placing the fingers in the air, Mrs. Hopf can still understand what the students are asking. For example, if a student holds up 1 finger, then it means that the student needs help. 2 fingers means the student needs to go to the restroom. Finally 3 fingers means that the student needs to sharpen their pencils. In my opinion this system is excellent. It was demonstrated well by the students in the video. Looking from the outside in, I could tell Mrs. Hopf’s classroom management was great.

“Your mind is everything what you think you become.”― Buddha. After watching a TED TALKS video recently by Stanford Professor Carol Dweck on mindsets, I took a mindset assessment and it made me think about that my mind is everything what I think I can become. Maybe after taking the mindset test you start to understand what your mood is and how you do in life and in school and education you know if you have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset.

I have always wanted to know about my family history. As it is, I am the youngest and pretty much the last of my family generation. See I never knew my Grandmother on my mother’s side of the family or even knew my father.

Nowadays new technologies, including video, open many new opportunities for learning. Using video in the classroom is a very useful method in teaching. Video is a new kind of a book, but it offers reality and spoken language like a book never could.