Final Reflection

I never thought I would get to this point, but I really enjoyed this technology class. For one thing, I definitely feel more comfortable with computers. I have always had a hard time just doing the basic stuff but now I feel like I am really good at it.

Some of my favorite things that I learned from this class are how to make a web page, how to do I-movie, how to find resources, bookmark, and highlight them, and studio code. I did get somewhat frustrated with studio code the first time I went through it, but then I got the hang of it, I really enjoyed it. Studio Code helped me track my progress and let me see the things I am good at in teaching and the things I may need some improvement on. I also liked learning about the web pages. I have been asked to make some for my work, and it has been fun to do it this time because I know what I am doing.

I will definitely use technology in my classroom. I have seen what great things it can do to make life just a little bit easier and I am so grateful for it. I have a feeling that by the time I start teaching I will want to implement many of the things I have learned in this class into my classroom. Thank goodness for what technology can help us become-better teachers.

Studio Code Reflection

First off, I have to say that watching myself over and over again,I seem to find flaws in lots of my teaching. I thought that I had really good teaching skills,but after coding this video,I realized that I need some work.I have learned that my management and instruction seem to follow a pattern. Whenever I am about to manage someone in the class, I always make sure that the rest of the class is doing something so that the student I am managing does not get offended. If I am going to manage the whole class,I always compliment before I remind them of rules, or chastise them for doing something wrong.

For my instruction, I recognized that sometimes I get so worked up about the students doing exactly as I say, that I forget to recognize that I might be asking them to do something that is to hard for them. I do instruct well, and I don't feel that I am lacking in my teaching or in my enthusiasm,but I get stressed out. I feel that because of that stress, my students do not always get the best instruction. However, I also saw in this video, that when I started getting into the groove of my teaching,I enjoyed being with my students and I had alot of fun with them.

I am glad we did this project so that I could see what changes I needed to make for this year. First, when I teach this lesson again, I will not use such difficult and so much equipment because it makes it a pain to clean up. Second,I will try and give more specific and simpler cues so that I don't get stressed if my students don't understand what I am trying to teach them. Finally, I will work on how I demonstrate to the students, finding a more effective way to show them the skills without them all being so spread out. I hope to improve from what I learned in order to become a better teacher.

Filming myself

I think that filming myself will help me learn what points of teaching I need to work on. It will eventually help my classes so that I can come up with new lessons and ideas

MOVIE CREATION

So I found the movie creation to be very frusturating. It did not turn out like I imagined but you know it happens. I think these videos will help reinforce my instruction in the classroom. Whenever I ask my students to practice outside of class they can reveiw their cues by watching my videos. I think activities that use equipment or specified moves will be especially enhanced. For instance, when I teach dance aerobics, my students will be able to learn the combinations better by watching an instructional video. I am glad we learned how to use these because I can post it on my teaching website and implent healthy living and correct learning that way.

Running Properly

Here is my video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YF9Jog1GGc

Movie Outline

A. Introduction
1. me running on my favorite trail
2. music-stronger bigger faster
B. Movie
1. Running strong points
2. Running weak points
3. Running technique
C. Still Pictures
1. Shoes
2. Clothes
3. Food/ Hydration
D. Ending Run
1. Me and friends running together
2. Music - Runaway. Burning Up
E. Credits Page

I movie

In class this week we worked on learning how to use i-movie. It was a new experience seeing that we worked on mac's and I'm not awesome with those but it was cool to see what we will be using to edit our teaching videos. My only concern is that I will not be able to make my movie the way I want to because I will get to frustrated to care. Hopefully I will learn the program well enough that I will be able to make a movie successfully.