Blog Post 15 Final Reflection

As I relect back over this class the last several weeks it amazes me how much I have learned. Both about this class as well as the things that I need to change moving forward in my teaching and coaching career. I know that my organizationl skills and time management plan that I used in the past is not going to get the job done. In the future I will take better advantage of my time and have a detailed plan to get me where I need to be.

As for my students in the future, I will use a lot that I have taken from ED 310. I will use technolgy to make my classes fun and exciting. I want to give my students the tools that they need to be successful, but I also want them to be able to think and do for themselves.

I will be teaching PE and coaching baseball in the future. One thing I have learned from playing baseball is that, while a player may have great athletic skills, they are not always a great baseball player. One reason for that is they don't know the game from a learning standpoint. I plan to use things that I have learned from this class to teach the game to the players. I plan to use blogs, youtube, etc. to get my players to understand situations of the game and what the best course of action is to be successful. I will use this in group settings and have some class time set aside as part of practice. I like the group learning because I have always been a team sport kind of guy. I think it teaches a very good lesson to a baseball player in that, it teaches him to trust in his teammate and understand that they have to work together to be successful.

My Sentence Video

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Summary

In this Ava educated us on different types of horses and breeds, she also told us about different competitions that you can do with horses. I was interested to learn about the different markings that horses have as well.

Comment

This was interesting to me because I have an uncle who has about 6 horses. He use to train barrel horses, but now he has stud horses and mares that he breeds and sales the colts. I really enjoyed your post and the knowledge that you have about horses. Great Job!

Project # 10

Finding the right tool

I will be teaching PE and Coaching baseball. The tool that will be most beneficial to me is youtube, with youtube I can film hitters, pitchers, fielders, etc. This will allow me to post this to youtube with comments and advice. I can have my students review the short recordings and work in their spare time to correct the problem areas. Once we are together again I can check to see what progress they have made and also make sure that they have been working on their own time.

This class has really made me open my eyes to ways of being a better teacher and coach. It has shown me ways to use technology to get my students involved and thinking of ways to improve.

Final PLN

I have to admit that organization has always been tough for me. I juggle so many things that I struggle in this area a good deal. Symbaloo has really helped me to understand how to organize more effectively. It helps me to keep my personal and school stuff seperate, this allows me to be better organized and efficient. When I move into the teaching aspect it will allow me again to seperate personal, school and teaching materials. I have been a big internet guy for several years, but what this has done for me is it has given me a better understanding of how to do things more efficiently. As I mentioned in the beginning, organization is a weakness for me. Symbaloo has helped me to get this more under control and understand some things about organizing that will make me be able to use my time more wisely in the future. Symbaloo is now my friend!

Project #13

  EDM310 has been a great class and very insightful one at that! I can honestly say that this class and Dr. Strange has taught me more in one semester than I have learned in a full year of a regular class. I was introduced to different things in this class that I will use in the future for either personal use or in my future classroom as a teacher. Things like pinterest and PLN's. I have taken a lot of things out of this class that I will use in the future and in my professional career as a teacher.