Tildee: Create Easy Step-by-Step Tutorials | EdReach

Tildee: Create Easy Step-by-Step Tutorials | EdReach

Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Places to Find Creative Commons & Public Domain Images

Here is a great article on CC and PD images: Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Places to Find Creative Commons & Public Domain Images

Want to do a WoW-Based Project in Your School? Here’s Everything You Need… - edurealms.com

Want to do a WoW-Based Project in Your School? Here’s Everything You Need… - edurealms.com

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Virtual Learning Worlds » Gamification of Khan Academy

Virtual Learning Worlds » Gamification of Khan Academy

Call for help from blog followers and friends

I have really been thinking lately as our EMDT program draws to an end this month that I would like to teach online.  Currently I have my Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education (P-4).  I am not quite sure how you would even go about getting a position at an online school, so that is where my call for help comes in.  Do any of my followers or friends know where or how you would begin to search for a position as an online instructor?  

I am not even sure what type of credentials or experience is needed to do such a thing.  I know that there was a position listed recently at Full Sail for an ACD in the LMO course that I would love to do, but I don't have the 4 years of required experience for the position.  I am hoping that maybe one or more of you are online instructors and could possibly help me with my query. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions in my quest for a teaching position out there in the virtual world.

Wk4 comment #2 - Susan Calland

Susan,

Great story on teaching your students the moon phases! I love it...Mr. Miagi is very pro at his wax on and wax off. =) Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It is always a compliment when you have a student you once taught recall some piece of information that you taught them and they have always kept it with them. That is one of the signs of a really great teacher. I agree that students do have a tendency at times to only seem to take notice when we do act a little "nuttier" than usual to really get a point across to them, but if that is what it takes to get them to sit up and pay attention then sign me up. I think you have a great insight into that fact that your willingness to take a risk with them helps them feel comfortable enough to take a risk as well. 

Susan's original blog post:

Don’t hold back & participate wholly!

The chapter that definitely meant the most to me was chapter 9.  I have noticed many times that the students in my 7^th & 8^th grade classes who are totally uninterested in school and completely uninspired, will give me full effort when I am my nuttiest!  They may look at me and roll their eyes, but every time I am passionate about what I do and really into it, they are definitely paying more attention than when I am just giving notes or lecturing.  It is so awesome to see that student that really doesn’t give a hoot about being in my class, study for a quiz or look at me and say, “Hey I get it!”  The crazier I am, the more I can generate a spark from them.  To get my students to remember waxing and waning moon phases, I do my Karate Kid, Mr. Miagi, stance with my karate move.  I may look like a goof, but they remember the moon phases!  I was at an awards assembly at the high school and a former student caught my eye when the speaker talked about “wax on, wax off”.  Across the gym she mouthed to me, “was on, wane off” with a big smile on her face.  She was in my class three years ago.  Those are the time that I know that if I don’t hold back, they understand and remember so much more.   They are also more willing to take a risk since I do.