Strengths and Weaknesses

A strength that I discovered with the UNI survey and NET standards was that I was at least familiar with every option. I never felt comfortable with saying that I was at the practitioner level, however. Almost all of my answers consisted of apprentice level knowledge, I didn't have the opportunity to really put them into practice. This was a major weakness that I have. Although I am familiar with them and have used almost all the resources at least one time, I hadn't thought of incorporating them into the classroom so much that the students would have to learn and understand what I knew. My only knowledge of video conferencing and podcasts consists of seeing them used before.

Goals I would like to set as a beginning teacher are:

1) Help students realize all the good materials and tools that are available to them through the computer and other technology.

2) Use more audio and visual technology for the diverse learners in class to provide them with a variety of ways to understand the information. Record my lectures and make them accessible

3) Use graphic organizers more readily to help students understand what they are looking at and learning. This is especially important in the math field.

Video Conference Tutorial

I found a tutorial on video conferencing that explains how to set it up and use it effectively. I think it would be neat even if we used it with another math class in the school to interact with each other, have competitions, or help each other with problems.

Graphic Organizers

Becoming more familiar with graphic organizers and how to use them will be very helpful in the mathematical world. Real life application requires students to gain information based on graphs and charts and be able to interpret the data. This site explains why graphs and charts are so important for you and your student, and gives a bunch of sources that can help you build your own graphs.