Blog Assignment 9

            Mr. McClung had made several good points in his blog, especially about reading the crowd, which in terms is your classroom or your piers.  Because when your teaching children no matter what age group they all will have trouble retaining information that is given to them, so when you have a lesson plan and want to stay on schedule that just may not happen.  All student's learn at different pacing some more quickly than others and after a little time with your student's you will be able to read them and know how fast or slow to take a subject or objective that you are trying to teach
            Two more good points that were made was being flexible and having good communication skill with your student's.  After planning and arranging time for projects or acting out something in your lesson plans to make learning more fun, then you actually get to the exciting part when it all comes together and then it does not. Do not get aggravated or upset, they are just kids who are trying to learn, be flexible and understand they may have trouble doing something in that project.  This is were good communication is key, ask the student or student's what they are having problems with, and maybe explain more in detail to them what you want them to do.  Do not automatically assume after brief directions they understand what you as the teacher wants.  From what I read I believe that is what Mr. McClung is saying.
             Reasonable is also a great one, I believe it is around the third most important one out of all of them.  It is easy for teacher's to make a lesson plan of what they want their student's to do, but it is hard for them to understand that they are still just children, who were sent to your school, assigned to your classroom, to be taught by you, to learn what they will need for future uses.  And as a teacher you can raise the bar and expect great things out of them, but just remember if they fail at a project or an essay be reasonable with them because they are children who are still learning or they would not be in school or in your class.
              For myself this is a hard one because I am afraid of technology. I know technology is ever changing and I need to change with it, but when it comes to certain aspects of a computer I am not the best.  But like Mr. McClung said in his blog do not be afraid of technology you just have to take a leap and just go at it.  Make mistakes after all that is why we are all required to take Dr. Strange's EDM class to learn new and improving things with technology.
               Listen to your student's is a big one because if you do not listen to them who will.  You as the teacher will see these student's for a year, you will begin to know their strengths and weaknesses, and know what they may have problems with.  When they ask questions listen closely to what they say because you as the teacher is the key point of their learning careers.  Because the younger you go into the elementary teaching the more pressure is put on you because if they leave that class without learning what is needed for the next grade it is going to look bad on you as a teacher.  And what school would want a bad teacher, teaching and helping children learn?  Not me that is for sure!
               Lastly as Mr. McClung and many other teacher's will tell you never stop learning.  There will always be changes in the world of learning and technology alike.  And if we as future teacher's quit learning once we graduate we might as well had just stayed in school because education everywhere is evolving and improving it just depends on how determined a teacher you want to be to your future students.