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Portfolio

Still need to catch up.  Chcck back in a bit to see an amazing blog post regarding the importance of an up to date portfolio. :)

Legal Brief

Click Here to see a pdf of my legal brief.

What kind of presenter do I want to be?

When I present, usually I allow others to speak and have input in the topic in which I am discussing.  Yes, it is important to be a guide to the goal I want to give to my observers, but I also want to be able to have an engaged audience so that I am energized to continued.  Motivation, for me, comes from input.  I want to be able to ask very open ended questions to a topic and let my audience sit back and reflect on a topic.  I will lead a discussion so that the topic stays on track, but it is important to keep the audience involved. The type of presenter I DON'T want to be is a pure lecturer.  I would be content in telling stories (if I have one to tell), but ultimately, a passive audience is a bored audience.  Perhaps these features truly point to the obvious fact that I want to be a teacher.

Potential

There are a number of ways evaulating a textbook could be helpful in the classroom.  First, we want to use sources in the classroom that match up to the grade level.  Using techniques such as syllable counting could show whether or not the students' reading level matches up with the text would be beneficial.  Second, we have to make sure the content is grade-level appropriate.  For mathematics, it is a bit harder to evaluate objectively, and might require a "pick-and-choose" method anyway.  Finally, text evaulation reveals to the teacher what content should be taught in the classroom.  If the teacher does not understand aspects or the language used in the book, it is better to skip the text.