College of Ed

So I feel like everytime I think I have all of my requirements for the college of ed, something else pops up. So far, I know that I need my 40 hours of observing, which I will begin this summer. I also know that I need to take the PAPAS or the Praxi, which I am also signed up to do this summer. One of my professors also said that we needed our portfolio started before getting in. Can anyone else think of any other requirements needed?

Shakespeare

Recently in my Shakespeare class, we read "Measure for Measure." I feel like this is  very interesting play to read, especially for our generation. Many of the issues raised in this play amazingly are still issues in our society. Certain things that were happening then, for example, sex before marriage, was charged with a death penalty. It was interesting to read about because we know this happens everyday in our society. It brought up very intense and meaningful conversations in class. People had many different opinions about these subjects. I don't feel like this is one of Shakespeare's popular plays, but I feel like it should be read more in different classes. It has many issues that still happen today and would raise great conversation in the classroom.

Portfolio

Before this week, I had no idea that I even needed a portfolio. Fortunately, Dr. Yamamoto taught us all about it in class this week. The others in the class were complaining that the Intro to Education course was taken away, because this is supposedly where the education majors learned how to put together their portfolio. Now, this information is just being thrown on students during their semester of student teaching. So my question is, why did they take Intro to Education away? But, back to the actual portfolio..It's going to be a lot of work! I am very thankful that I learned about it and actually got some of it started during my freshman year rather than while I was student teaching.

Pro. and Util.

In my Production and Utilization of technology class, we are currently working on a digital movie. It's amazing how easy something can be once you just start doing it. For this certain project, we must make up a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Using audacity, we recorded our voices and told the story. Then, with powerpoint, we put pictures together for our story. Finally, we uploaded both audio and visuals to windows movie maker and edited it from there. We were able to add sounds, music, or pretty much anything to make our story complete. This is also a project I want to use in my own classroom one day. It's simple and a lot of fun to put together. It really is a way to get the students to show their creativity.

20 shot short story

Okay, so I'm not going to lie; I was so nervous about this! I didn't have any experience with cameras, shots, acting, etc. It turned out I had so much fun with this! My group was awesome. I learned about cameras and angles just by getting it in my hand and experimenting. It was a very successful project and I definitely plan to use it in my own class room one day.