Nicole's Social Studies Adventure

This was my final time doing edTPA before student teaching and it was still just as stressful as ever. As my second time doing it though it was a lot easier than last time. Last time I felt like I was lost in a foreign city without a map, and I was making wrong turns every two minutes. This time however wasn't as scary. I felt more prepared, and I was able to use my work from last semester as a reference. As I finished up my last piece on work I was kind of shocked. I was shocked because I remembered that the next time I'll be filling out edTPA it will be for student teaching. I'm getting closer and closer to my goal and I'm so lucky that I'm able to practice this. My friends in different education programs never do anything close to this. When I mention edTPA they get so stressed and try to change the subject. I remember that's how I used to react when I heard edtpa, but now I feel so much more confident! 

Finishing my Efolio was one of the most satisfying things I've ever done. One thing I've learned about making efolios is that it's not that hard. I will 100% be making a website for my future classroom. Finishing up this efolio truly reminded me how much work we did this semester in this class. It was a lot of hard work and I'm so glad that it's finally over and summer can begin! I'm going to use efolios to keep to post assignment for my students, and post updates about the classroom. There will also be schedules on line each month so the parents can stay updated on important dates and times for that month. I'm glad I was given this opportunity to learn how to use these tools for my future classroom. 

This interview experience was nerve wracking to say the least. My group started off with a pretty difficult warm up question. "What theme song would you say describes your life?" I said the friends theme song because you always need someone there for you especially through the rough times. I really enjoyed when I was asked "Why do you want to be a teacher?" It really brought a smile to my face to remember why I'm going through the stress of the interview. I want to become a special education teacher so I can help students, like my brother, with disabilities.  My brother has Down syndrome and school has never been easy for him, but these past few year after switching to a different district I've noticed him flourishing as a student. I want to be apart of school districts like this, that really help all the students. It was really nice to hear that question. I was happy to hear that I had been given a position at one of the schools. It made me realize that I r...

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This project was based off the 5 themes of geography. Each group was given a Native American tribe and had to use the 5 themes of geography to present that tribe. These themes and information about the tlingit are in the presentation in the right. This was a fun project because we were able to be learn about all these different Native American tribes. It was a very collaborative assignment. Each member of my group was assigned a different theme of geography to search for the Tlingit tribe. We presented the history of the tribe, went in depth about their culture and lifestyle. Known as the “People of the Tides” because they lived off produce from the coastal areas. The Tlingit were a seafaring people, skilled fishers, traders and hunters-gatherers, who were located in southern Alaska and British Columbia and the Yukon in Canada. The Tlingit Indians are original people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. In Canada, each Tlingit community has its own reservation. Each Tlingit tribe--known ...

I had the pleasure of attending the Wasted Conference on campus. I have always tried to be conscience of my waste, but this conference was such an eye opening experience. I learned so much about the environment from this conference. There are so many ways to stop food wasting and no one knows about them! Supermarkets and restaurants waste so much food everyday, and when 1/3 of the population in America is hungry. There is even a law in place that if restaurants and supermarkets donate the leftover food that they would rather waste to nonprofit organizations, and someone gets sick, they cannot be sued. This protects the supermarkets and restaurants from getting sued. Most places don't know this and are still nervous about giving away food that could be seen as spoiled, even though most of the time the food isn't spoiled yet. There is a hierarchy of food recovery which explains how food waste should be used. New York State also gives tax credit to farmers who donate harvest. As...