Thursday, February 3, 2011

Class Update: 2/1/2011

Today in class, Dr. Johnson went over the MTLE, which stands for Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examination.  This is a basic skills assessment that every future teacher has to pass before you can enter the junior block of teaching. This test replaces the Praxis test, which I had already taken and passed. The MTLE test only has a 40% pass rate according to Dr. Johnson.  Good luck everyone!

We made mind maps on chapters one and two from our text, Introduction to Teaching. She broke us into our small groups to work on creating our mind maps. We used big sheets of paper and bright colored markers, and then used our creativity to create an educational mind map relating to our chapter. When we were finished, our small group presented our mind map to the other group assigned to us. Andrew, Kirsten and I worked on Chapter 2 - Developing as a Professional. This chapter focused on entering the profession of teaching, the first year of teaching, and professional development. I thought creating mind maps from the text was a very fun, creative way to read and learn from the textbook.

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