Thursday, April 15, 2010
Artifacts and Characterisrtics of the Novice Teacher # 2
The artifact I chose is a lesson I taught for my creative expressions class. I had the students first discuss how different types of weather make them feel (sunny, stormy, snowy). We compared and contrasted the feeling in a Venn diagram. The students then listened to three different selections of classical music titled, "Summer", "Cloudburst" and "Storm". While listening to the music they pretended to be a bug or a tree and had to use movement to act how a bug or a tree would during the musical storm. Once the songs were over, we then did another Venn diagram on how them music made them feel. The students then had a sheet of paper folded into thirds and has t draw a bug or tree (whichever they were) and their emotion on their face. Many students had a smile for summer, straight mouth for cloudburst, and a frown in the storm. I believe this lesson falls under Characteristic 2 of the Novice Teacher, that the novice teacher should be an effective communicator. This basically means the teacher can communicate effectively in a variety of ways like spoken, written, and non-verbal. This lesson demonstrates spoken, written, and non-verbal communication. The lesson begins with spoken and written communication during the discussion, and has non-verbal communication when the students are pretending to be bugs and trees and moving their bodies and changing their facial expression to communicate.
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I think this is a nice example...both you and the kids were using a variety of communication techniques. I also think it's important to find ways to incorporate these different ways to communicate in all your lessons. It's a good way to reach a variety of learners.
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ReplyDeleteAmanda, excellant job on this weeks posting. I really enjoyed reading about the lesson that you taught and how it connected to Characteristic 2 of the Novice Teacher; that the novice teacher should be an effective communicator. The lesson that you taught is the perfect example of this for you showed the students that you can communicate both verbally and nonverbally with otherr. I feel that Characteristic 2 is the very best choice for this particular lesson! If you had to look for a second best Characteristic, I would most certainly suggest to use Characteristic 4 which is that the novice teacher should be an effective facilitator. This digs deeper into your lesson by meeting the needs of each and every student in order for them to receive a successful learning envrionment. Nice Job overall!
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ReplyDeleteI believe that Characteristic 4 or even Characteristic 7 are better suited for your artifact. Characteristic 1 for effective communicator deals with more than just the students. The rationale behind that objective encompasses students, colleagues, parents and the community. Your artifact, although a wonderful example of different type of communication, focuses only on the student. With Characteristic 4, you are allowing students to use different learning styles during your lesson. With characteristic 7 you are using teaching methods that are different (and effective) to get your concepts across.