Week Four Discussion Two

After re-reading my blog posts, I feel that I can add "over-achiever" and "over-analytical" to my knowledge of me. Now, most people would see that as a negative description of oneself, but honestly, I like those qualities in me. I always strive for the best of the best that I can do and then I go back and re-analyze my decisions and my work to death before submitting or agreeing with myself on a final product. I have found that as a teacher, that helps me because I am extremely well-organized and have planned for many different possible scenarios of a lesson before it pans out, so that if failure occurs (and failure is always an option), I have something to fall back on. Those can also be bad qualities because as a teacher, I tend to want everything to be "perfect" and that just isn't possible or even practical to wish. There are two sides to every coin, especially if that coin is me.

As for adding to my knowledge of teaching in my content area, I have found that a little bit goes a long way and the more technology I integrate into my lessons, the better my students achieve. They are the technology generation, so why not play to their strengths (even if it means I have to learn a few new things)? I have found that with ASL, technology is a necessity, but it can be a wonderful tool and I intend to expand my use with it as I grow as a teacher.

I may make mistakes, but I can only learn from them and get better as I go. :-)