pedagogy

PEDAGOGY

Teachers know the ways learning takes place, use a variety of methods, are expert communicators, have strong technology skills, plan instruction that is appropriate, use a variety of tools, teach critical thinking and problem solving skills, help students develop skills of teamwork, leadership, and cooperation, and instill a love of learning

-Wake Forest University's Conceptual Framework

Making learning fun is something I will strive for everyday in the classroom. My creativity will help me to plan fun and exciting lessons that will fit all of my students needs in some way. Catering to the different learning modalities; visual, auditory, and kinesthetic is extremely important to me and the success of my students. Every student learns differently and excels in different areas. I hope through the use of my creativity I can integrate various methods of teaching to build my students understanding of concepts. I am also going to enhance my teaching and lessons through the use of technology. It is important, especially now, in the 21st century to make sure students know the technologies available to them and become globally competitive and literate in many areas of technology. As my main goal is to instill a love of learning, I also want to make sure each and every one of my students develops teamwork and leadership skills to better them for the great world ahead of them, and all of the opportunities in their future.

Here is a social studies lesson plan I created and taught for a 4th/5th grade academically girted class.

Here is a structured web activity I created for students.

Here is a list of the goals and purposes of this lesson.

Here is a list of procedures and accomodations I have made for my structured web activity.

Here is a rubric I designed for this project to assess my students.