My name is Cory Caldwell. My experiences with technology include things like using the a home computer and the internet for surfing the web and sending email. Yes, I have a myspace and a facebook and I have spent many hours of my life watching videos on youtube. I also enjoy playing video games, and like the billions of other people in the world, I have a cell phone. I have met the CSUSM CCR requirement by passing 4 test sections including word processing, spreadsheets, internet, and ethics and viruses.
My educational experience includes six years at Palomar College before transferring to CSUSM. My major is liberal studies and I plan on getting a multiple subject credential with a subject matter authorization in Earth/Physical Science. My first semester at CSUSM was spent completing the prerequisite courses for the Integrated Credential Program. For anyone who may not be familiar with ICP, it is a program where students can complete their credential classes while simultaneously completing their upper-division requirements for their bachelor's degree. The program is completed over 3 years, which includes the prerequisite semester and student teaching. I have completed two semesters of the ICP. In my pre-req semester I completed 45 hours of classroom observations ranging from elementary to high school, though most of those hours were spent observing elementary level classrooms. Last semester I did a field practicum experience, which should not be confused with student teaching, where I was assigned to a classroom where I had a master teacher and was required to teach 3 lessons to the class over the course of the semester and spend a total of 96 hours in the classroom working with students during group activities as well as providing individual help to students who needed it.
What I hope to get out of EDUC 422 is a new set of tools and strategies to add to the knowledge that I continue to gain on my way to becoming an elementary school teacher. For those of you that don't already know, in the credential program you will hear a lot about "life-long learning". This is a concept that I firmly believe in, not just for teachers but for everyone. The idea is that you need to be continually building upon your knowledge and evolving your ways of thinking so that your thoughts and ideas are not ignorant, uninformed, or outdated, i.e. people in the south who are still moaning and groaning about the emancipation proclamation. This class for me , although it is a requirement, is an opportunity to learn some tools and strategies that can be used to enhance the learning environment of my future students. Hopefully I will able to use the things that I learn in this class to help me reach out to each and every student so that they can reach their full learning potential.
3 comments:
Hi Cory...great post. I agree with life long learning and helping others to reach their potential. The world is continually changing therfore, we always have something new to learn.
i just finished taking the CCR exam, 3 of the sections were a breeze but then when it came down to doing the spreadsheet portion boy did I have problems. I also have a myspace and facebook and have also spent many hours on youtube looking at pretty ridiculous things, it's definitely addictive and should have a warning before you enter it. I to got stuck in community college, for some reason it took me 5 years to do a 2 year program (don't ask). It seems like you're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel it might be pretty faint but it's there. Good luck!
Very good information for people who do not know of ICP. I also like your comment on life-long learning.
Rong-Ji
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