As I embark on my blogging adventure with this post, I am excited at the prospect of maintaining a journal of my learning in the Teaching Pedagogy 2 module. I previously blogged while volunteering in India, and later as a Student Ambassador at UCD, but in both of those cases I did not set out with clear goals as to what I hoped to achieve and I did not write consistently in the blog.
I decided to start my blog today as I just completed an on-site class in ICT. As a group, we discussed the learning possibilities that blogs offer pupils and teachers in the modern classroom. Our tutor recommended that if we started blogging we should aim to write regularly. My hope is to contribute posts to this blog twice weekly, ideally at the beginning and end of each week. I aim to reflect on the content of the module, comparing my preconceptions and prior experience with what I take from the online sessions, my additional readings and my interactions with my classmates.
I am passionate about the three curriculum subjects covered by this module (English, Mathematics and Gaeilge). I have enjoyed the learning I have done to date and I look forward to the coming sessions, particularly as we are embarking on our study of Curaclam na Gaeilge this week. Similarly, I have enjoyed exploring the range of technologies to which we have been introduced in this module, particularly Scratch.
Overall, my experiences so far have caused my to reflect on how these subjects might be taught, for example the use of pair/group work. I look forward to having the opportunity to put some of these ideas into practice on School Placement 2 in November/December.
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