[nobe-l] nobe-l Digest, Vol 71, Issue 2
Jenna Karg and Bilko
lilstarlet09 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 8 02:56:16 UTC 2010
Hi All,
I am in a program in which I get to go in to the class room once a
week and have been since the third week of my first semester. I don't
know what age group your working with(I really should keep up with
this list haha), but with the yunger students I have them spell words
they don't know how to say and I help them sound it out. I try to get
my cooperating teacher to email me her lessons or worksheets ahead of
time, but then again I haven't had to actually plan a lesson yet... I
do the name thing, but be careful! The kids at least in my experience
like to try to get you to call on them before you ask the question.
Then again these are first-third graders. I usually do flash cards and
such with the kids, (again I'm still a freshman), and most of them
have gotten in the habit of spelling the word after they say it and
saying it again after spelling it. This helps me make sure they've got
it. If they spell it wrong I know they have said the wrong word most
of the time. Does any of this make sense?... or even help? I feel like
I'm rambling.
Good luck and let us know how it goes! I'm sooo nervous about teaching
my first lesson whenever that may be!
Jenna and guide dog Bilko
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> 1. student teaching and advice (Faith Manion)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:18:32 -0500
> From: Faith Manion <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: NFB Education <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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> Hello all,
>
> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student teaching
> next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their student
> teaching I have a few questions for you.
>
>
>
> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>
> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the teacher?
>
> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
> questions?
>
> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know any
> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>
> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>
> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>
>
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Faith Manion
>
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> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:35:06 -0400
> From: "Anita Adkins" <aadkins7 at verizon.net>
> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List"
> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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> Hi Faith,
>
> I haven't done student teaching, but I have taught students while working as
> a rehab teacher at Blind Industries and Services of MD. Also, I have talked
> to classes about blindness. To answer one of your questions, instead of
> asking students to raise their hand, I have them say their name. I then
> repeat their name, and then they ask the question. This works well with
> both blind and sighted students. Anita
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Faith Manion" <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: "NFB Education" <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:18 PM
> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>
>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>>
>> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> teacher?
>>
>> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> questions?
>>
>> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know any
>>
>> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>>
>> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>>
>> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> Faith Manion
>>
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> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:02:30 -0500
> From: Faith Manion <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: NFB Education <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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> That sounds like a good technique. Thanks for sharing.
>
> Faith
>
>> From: aadkins7 at verizon.net
>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:35:06 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>>
>> Hi Faith,
>>
>> I haven't done student teaching, but I have taught students while working
>> as
>> a rehab teacher at Blind Industries and Services of MD. Also, I have
>> talked
>> to classes about blindness. To answer one of your questions, instead of
>> asking students to raise their hand, I have them say their name. I then
>> repeat their name, and then they ask the question. This works well with
>> both blind and sighted students. Anita
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Faith Manion" <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
>> To: "NFB Education" <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:18 PM
>> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> > university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> > teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> > student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>> >
>> > Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> > teacher?
>> >
>> > What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> > questions?
>> >
>> > How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> > scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know
>> > any
>> > other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>> >
>> > How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>> >
>> > Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks everyone.
>> >
>> > Faith Manion
>> >
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> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:08:30 -0400
> From: Kathy Nimmer <goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com>
> To: blind teachers <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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> Faith,
> Your questions about classroom management and about grading were discussed
> in two different threads during the last week of March, if you know how to
> check the archives. I'm pasting my two responses below, both written to a
> new teacher and not a student teacher, but they pretty much still apply,
> though having your own classroom will give you more ownership than you will
> experience during student teaching. My response about classroom management
> is first, followed by my response about grading.
> 1. Arrange the seats so you are never very far from the furthest student.
> Mine
> are in facing rows that are three deep, so never are they further than three
> desks
> from my teaching area.
> 2. Learn the voices as quickly and accurately as possible, as well as their
> laughs,
> their friends, their noise-making habits like tapping pencils, etc. These
> things
> can help you cue in to who is where doing what.
> 3. Establish that rapport with them as well and as quickly as possible, so
> they
> feel you are a good teacher and are on top of things and are worth being
> obedient
> for. This sounds cliche, but it is honestly my biggest weapon. If they
> like you
> and think you like them, they will want to behave more often than not,
> definitely
> more often than they would behave for someone they didn't like or didn't
> respect.
> 4. Move around as much as possible. Use proximity to keep them on their
> toes.
> 5. Vary your lessons, activities, volume, pitch, rate of speech, gestures,
> participation
> methods, and routines as much as possible to keep them on their toes again.
> The
> more interesting you keep things, the more they will be distracted from
> misbehaving.
> 6. Keep up regular communication with parents, for good and bad things
> alike. If
> they know you have no problem calling their parents, they will be less
> likely to
> goof around, especially if they know you might call for good things too.
> 7. Choose your battles. If a time one day has a low impact lesson that
> doesn't
> matter much if they talk or are less focused, let loose a little, as long as
> they
> know this is an exception. Do not let them think this is you letting them
> walk all
> over you, but if you get uptight about small things, you will squash the
> positive
> atmosphere you are hopefully building, and they might misbehave more, even
> on those
> big battles that matter most to you.
> 8. Remember that in every classroom, kids misbehave. Do not take their
> behavior
> personally, unless it is good! Smile! You simply do the best with what you
> have.
> Don't let anyone convince you that your classroom will always be the least
> controled
> because you are blind.
> 9. They need ownership in the behavior process too, like knowing
> consequences of
> choices. It is a joint effort. Make those rules and consequences very
> clear, negative
> and positive.
> 10. I believe in seating charts. They help me with voices and general
> management.
> 11. Just as you shouldn't believe you can't manage behavior because you are
> blind,
> you also shouldn't believe any of us that we have it all figured out, that
> our kids
> never goof off, that our kids never exploit our blindness. That is all
> totally false,
> and if you as a young teacher think that we old fogies get it right every
> time, you
> will quickly become discouraged. We have rotton days too, but we've been
> picking
> ourselves up and continuing onward for a period of several years, whereas
> you are
> just starting. So, our lesson to you? It is worth fighting onward, if the
> profession
> is your passion, even though the problems never ever go away.
>
> Now the response about grading papers.
>
> If there is tech to read handwriting, I'd love to know about it! Smile! I
> have
> someone grade multiple choice and other objective things via a key I make
> ahead of
> time. I have someone read me handwritten essay questions, but I also
> schedule the
> writing lab when I can for essay tests so they can print those answers from
> the computer
> or e-mail them. Our lab space is limited, so it doesn't always work, but
> having
> readers read handwritten ansers is a royal pain, I'll admit. It is slow and
> cumbersome,
> but it is sometimes unavoidable. I never have someone read me multiple
> choice and
> such as it takes away time that is better spent elsewhere, and blind
> teachers need
> every second of time they can get, in my opinion. English is definitely one
> of the
> most grading intensive subjects to be teaching.
>
> Kathy Nimmer: Teacher, Author, Motivational Speaker
> http://www.servicedogstories.com
> http://guidedogjourney.livejournal.com
> Even if the shadows of the valley hide your view,
> You still must believe in the mountains.
>
>
>
>
>
>> From: faith_manion at hotmail.com
>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:18:32 -0500
>> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>>
>> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> teacher?
>>
>> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> questions?
>>
>> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know any
>> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>>
>> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>>
>> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> Faith Manion
>>
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> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:12:34 -0400
> From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
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> Hi there. I'm not sure if I posted on this topic or not, but here goes. As
> far as my experiences studentteaching most everything I tried worked. I was
> extremely creative in some of my teaching strategies. I had no assistance
> aside from the mentor teacher. I had her assist me with hand-written
> paper, but many people on this list suggested having students turn in their
> papers electronically. The only reason it didn't work for my classes was
> because a notebook had already been started (a bound notebook, not a 3-ring
> binder) as a writing journal. Also there was some concern about students
> using online translation software. (I taught Spanish, btw)..
> Classroom management: I just stayed in close proximity to my students. As
> far as questions, I knew wheremy students were sitting. If they acted like
> they waned to answer, I'd call on them. I'd also, even for those students
> who didn't want to answer, cover both sides of the room equally. Thre are
> those high school students who would rather be listeners rather than active
> participants. I called onthem at least once during a class period.
>
> Hope and Beignet
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Faith Manion" <faith_manion at hotmail.com>
> To: "NFB Education" <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:18 PM
> Subject: [nobe-l] student teaching and advice
>
>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a meeting this Friday with some of the professors at my
>> university to discuss student teaching. I will be doing my student
>> teaching next spring. For anyone on the list who has completed their
>> student teaching I have a few questions for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> What was your experience? What worked? What didn't work?
>>
>> Did someone assist you in the classroom or was it just you and the
>> teacher?
>>
>> What did you do instead of having the kids raise their hands to answer
>> questions?
>>
>> How did you handle grading papers? I use Kurswell, is there any way to
>> scann in hand written papers with this program? Does anyone else know any
>>
>> other trick for grading hand written papers/ assignments?
>>
>> How did you handle classroom management when student teaching?
>>
>> Do you have any advice or suggestions in general?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone.
>>
>> Faith Manion
>>
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