CPL and Teaching Goals

There was supposed to be a reason for this blog...even a subject. And now I can't remember.

Well, I guess it'll come to me later. I'm in the Concord Public Library working on wireless internet. Yes, ladies and gents, I've finally found a place where wifi is free for me to use and is quiet so I can concentrate. Right now I'm in what's called "The Study Room" (dun dun dunnnnnn)...It's a room with tables and shelves of medical books. I'm in a corner of the room, but at the same time I'm in a corner, I can see most of where the good places are for me to have a little more privacy for furture reference. I would stay here each time I go onto my computer, but it's wicked hot in this particular spot, and people like to stare. For example, right now: there are two really greasy looking guys who can't breathe out of their nose, and one more, they're breathing loudly out of their mouth...staring at me. If there wasn't a librarian around the corner, I would move. But all in all, I like my spot for the night.

When I was walking here I was thinking about the whole summer, and what I was going to do in the library to have an excuse to come in here and work on my laptop. I was thinking that I would maybe look at books for my students next semester. Maybe then, I can be semi-prepared for what I'm going to see. I'm 85% positive that I'm going to start teaching in the classroom the first day because of my teacher (I've worked with her before). But at the same time, I don't know who my supervisor is going to be; well...scratch that. I think it'll be Dr. Rey. But I don't know how she feels about me teaching on the first day without any observation.

So I've come up with some things I want to do with the students; not content-based things, but I can weave content into them. They're more like goals for myself so I can hopefully get a good interview lined up.

First goal: Create an iMovie or whatever's on a PC, that shows my work with the students.
Second goal: Mrs. Malnati has a website for her classroom, and she hasn't done a lot with it, so I want to take it over and put updates and (with parent permission) put photos of the students showing off their work.
Third goal: I want to use the different stuff I have for bulletin board making and really create good-looking boards.
Fourth goal: One of my assignments for student teaching is to do reflections every night. I also want to put my reflections on another blog for preservice teachers to see what student teaching is like. Maybe Dr. Rey (hopefully) will count those future blog entries as actual reflections...or part of them anyway.

Well, I guess that's it for now. There's the Shakespeare Room upstairs that I want to check out.

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