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I Love It When A Plan Comes Together (Module V)

After 5 fast-paced and intense weeks of AEDU 303, I finally bring to you the final blog post of this class. Week 5 featured the reading of chapters 12, 14 and 15, along with our final project for this class. Just as a lot of these weeks were, it was hectic with the holiday season upon us but nonetheless I got it done. Chapter 12 was Motivation in Learning and Teaching , where a variety of topics relating to the title were discussed. Among them were topics like motivation, goal orientations, needs and interests. Chapter 14 was Teaching Every Student where many important things like research on teaching, lesson planning and teaching approaches were discussed in depth. The final chapter assigned was Classroom Assessment, Grading and Standardized Testing . This chapter was familiar to me and especially interesting because I wrote my research paper on standardized testing. This chapter was a nice refresher and also added some interesting information that I did not pick up in my independant ...
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Gather Round', I'm Gonna Learn Ya Somethin' Today! (Module IV)

Ah, the holiday season, isn't it wonderful? Just as with the Thanksgiving module, it was hard to find time to cram everything in, with all of the festivities of this wonderful time of year. Nonetheless, I bring you the newest edition in this blog, as I sit in my room/office, listening to football and enjoying cup of coffee. Enjoy! Week 4 came with three more interesting chapters of reading from our Woolfolk text; chapters 9, 10 and 11 to be exact. Chapter 9 was Complex Cognitive Processes  and this chapter most held my attention, which I will elaborate more on later. This chapter explained metacognition, learning strategies, problem solving, creativity, critical thinking and transfer. Chapter 10 titled, The Learning Sciences and Constructivism , did not cover as many topics as the chapter before, but went into more detail on its topics. Learning Sciences are defined as, "an interdisciplinary science of learning based on research in psychology, education, computer science, ph...
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Classroom Management Interview (Module III)

Happy Monday everybody! This classroom management interview is going to be a tad different than the typical interview intended for the assignment. My interviewee is Suzan Hasan-Perez, an independent Speech Language Pathologist and co-founder of S&Y Speech Therapy. She works in a variety of settings, including schools, nursing homes, early intervention and home health. Today we sat down and had a talk about her experience working in the school setting. To avoid any confusion, I would like to mention that all of my questions are prefixed with "J:" and all of her answers are prefixed with "S:". Happy reading! J:  What are your main goals and focus, as a speech pathologist S: My goals are to provide competent, effective, and reliable speech therapy services in order to help my client in the academic setting achieve functional academic goals and to help them utilize age appropriate speech and communication skills in the general and special education setting....
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Order in the Court! (Module III)

Chapters 7 and 13 were the readings assigned for this module. Chapter 7, the first chapter of Part II in our textbook, is Behavioral Views of Learning. The first half of this chapter covered the different types of conditioning and learning, a lot of which I learned in previous psychology classes. Concepts such as positive and negative reinforcement, operant and classic conditioning, extinction, punishment are theories that make returns to my reading. Chapter 7 also goes into practical use of these theories in the classroom and in life, which is brand new, to me, and incredibly useful and helpful. Chapter 13, the first chapter in Part III, is Creating Learning Environments . Just as the title states, it talks about what a good learning environment is, how to create one, maintaining one and how to deal with issues in the classroom. What grabbed my attention the most were the sections about student discipline. A lot of what I read will be very useful as a full-time teacher. Unfortun...
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What's in a number? (Module II)

Week two of class was a tough one for me, not because of the content but because of the surrounding external situations of everybody's favorite feasting holiday; Thanksgiving! I write to you from Lexington, KY. Surrounded by my family, it was tough to find time to do all my work in but nonetheless, here it is! This week's four-chapter-reading, though time consuming, was very interesting. Chapter 4 was titled  Learner Differences and Learning Needs.  It covered the bases on IQ, gifted students and students with disabilities. Chapter 5 was  Learning Development, Diversity and Immigrant Education,  where I read about the development of language in people. Everything from the when and how of development, bilingual students and teaching ELL students with disabilities in this chapter. Chapter 6 was called  Culture and Diversity  and did a good job of covering the different types of diversity: ethnic, social and economic, and gender. While reading this, it ga...
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The Musings of a Sub (Module I Field Experience)

About the School Where You Are Observing or doing Field Experience School Name and City:  Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Palos Hills Type of School: Elementary school, Middle School, High School, or Other:  High School Setting: Urban, Suburban, or Rural:  Suburban Write your responses to the three questions below in paragraph form. 1.         List any special features of the school or classroom setting (e.g., themed magnet, classroom aide, bilingual,  co-taught with a  special  education t eacher, pull-out program). The classroom I substitute taught was an Extended Sophomore Academic English, meaning that they had an entire period of English class along with an extra half period in the class as well. I would assume that the students in this class tend to struggle with the subject of English, judging by the extra half -period they are assigned to take. 2.         Describ...
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The Return to Psych (Module I)

It has been a very interesting first week of AEDU 303, even for an online class! I have always been a fan of psychology and the social sciences. Sometimes I think back on my years as a traditional undergraduate student and I remember enjoying and absorbing all of the interesting information that the social sciences had to offer. Fast forward nearly a year and I am back at it again, and this time it's even better because it applies directly to my new career of choice! It was also nice to open the class with introductions and a philosophical conversation (world view). Though it is an online class, I enjoy any class that provokes thought and stepping outside of your comfort zone. The lessons taught in chapters 1-3 were very interesting. Chapter 1 spoke of Educational Psychology in today's classroom along with traits of veteran versus inexperienced teachers. Chapter 2 spoke of cognitive development. This grabbed my attention most, because I've always been a huge fan of neuros...
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