Reflection 1
Reflection 1
As a student, I consider myself to have many strengths. The best one is being able to be determined. Having determination is something that I have learned to practice as I get older. Without determination, there are no goals to be accomplished. Therefore, I believe determination is my greatest strength as a student and as a person. My greatest weakness as a student is procrastinating. Procrastination has won over me so many times. This is something I struglle with, I'm determined, but sometimes procrastination wins. When teaching Earth Science my greatest strength is explaining the topic with visuals. Visuals have always worked with my learning and I believe children can agree with me. Visual learning is the best way to truly understand any subject. What I feel the most nervous about when teaching is not knowing exactly what I am presenting. I am nervous that one day I wont be able to answer a student's question because of my lack of knowledge on the subject. My goal from this class is to obtain the most knowledge I can. I really want to feel that teachers perspective when its my turn to teach the class. I want to be able to understand the material so therefore I can pass it on to my future students. I hope to accomplish all of that by the end of this semester!
As this class is slowly coming to an end, I can now say that I have definitely gained new science knowledge. I will admit I have missed a few teachings, but luckily I have made some kind friends that have helped me get back on track with the material. I will say that I wish I had more time on my schedule to dedicate to this class, but unfortunatly I don't. I feel like the time I spend in class has helped me a lot with my learning. The student teaching presentations have gave me an idea of the materials I will be teaching to my future students and I believe I have obtained a good amount of knowledge to transmit to them. Overall, I think this class has gave me a representation of how it will be for me when I have my own classroom full of students.
This class has came to an end and I can proudly say that I learned a good amount of valuable information. I will admit, my participation wasn't the best, I wasnt at my fullest. My attendance wasnt the worst, but wasnt the best. I did miss some days due to personal emergencies and in the begining due to vaccination issues. My communication with the professor couldve been better. The practice work and labs were all very helpful to me. I didn't get a chance to fully complete some of my practice works due to other work on my plate, but I did understand most of the work presented. To be completely honest I must have turned in two to three practice works overall. My e-portfolio url was created as soon as it was presented to me. I remember turning in the url link to canvas, but you weren't able to view it. If I wouldve turned in my e-portfolio objectives earlier in the semester I would've gotten great feedback, but unfortunately I didn't. When I look back at the middle and beginning of the semester I wish I could've dedicated more time to my e-portfolio and bettered my communication skills. The most that I am proud of is pushing myself to attending class after having a long difficult and tiring day. If I were to grade myself, I would give myself a B as my overall class grade. Just because I know I've learned from this class in so many ways. Perhaps the grade I gave myself doesnt match the grade I recieve and that may be because of my participation or communication. I know I wasn't the best student, but I can proudly say that I wasn't lost throughout the semster. I did what I could and admit I could've done a little better, but I still saw growth in me overall. This was definitely a learning experience for my future self.