Reflective Teaching by Kristianna King

http://profpost.uc.edu/2009/03/reflective-teaching-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/

In this article, it is discussed how painstaking evluating and reflecting on your own personal teaching skills and abilities can be. She goes on to state "...reflecting on the practice of teaching is hard not necessarily pleasant work." which I feel could not be more true. She also goes on to state that in her annual reviews, instead of department heads focusing on areas of improvment (which there will always be), they discuss only the accomplishments for the year. To truly benefit from the process of reflective teaching, you must be open to potential of errors and your ways and be ready to make the necessary changes for improvement of instruction.

The article then goes on to state that in order for one to truly evaluate yourself, you must focus on the student outcomes. She also says that when asking her students to par-take in the reflective process through videotaping, she comes to the realization that how can you ask someone to reflect in such a way when you yourself have never done so.

Article by Ann M. Porter from the University of Cincinnati

Reflective Teaching- Kaitlyn Lara

http://www.suite101.com/blog/khayden5/reflective_teaching

I decided to research reflective teaching. I came across an article called "Reflective Teaching" by Kellie Hayden. The article was advising teachers to take time over the summer and reflect on their lessons. The article gave a great definition on reflection which said, "Reflection means thinking about what worked and what did not work. It is not really about what the students did. It is what you as a teacher did to make the lesson soar or maybe even flop." The article talks about reflecting on the lessons that did not work and figuring out why. Sometimes all it needs is a little change and it will become an awesome lesson, other times one should just get rid of it all together. The article also provide some questions that a teacher can use when reflecting and trying to fix a lesson that may have flopped.

Erin Fountain-ELL Video Re-Do with Audio!

new post-signe larson

Re-Post of Valerie Schulz's Module 12 PS3

The Internet as a Tool for Assisting Students who are English Language Learners- Signe Larson

Kristianna King's ELL site

The site includes many resourses for teachers as well as parents and students to assist in the education process. For teachers, it includes lesson plans, worksheets, and forums and articles. Also, they inlcude sites for teachers that can assist in the learning process.

The site was created in 2002 and specializes in ESL students but can be used in most any educational process. The sites encourages the use of materials that they have located including printouts.

http://www.usingenglish.com/