Saturday, March 17, 2007

Conference online

I was glad to visit this site because I found quite a few resources that I probably wouldn't have found the links if I never had gone to the conference's webpage.
I really didnt find any problems doing this assignment, the biggest thing that takes the most amount of time, especially for teachers of language, is making sure that the content of a webpage is both accurate and appropriate for students to use. Often times there are webpages out there with bad content that do not teach students correctly, and there really isnt a point to send students to work on a webpage to improve their skills if the webpage actually reverses the work that is done in class.
Professional organizations can really help out teachers, especially beginning teachers who are struggling to put together a content based lesson plans, that contain both content and language based information and practice.
The SMEA and the NEA are both professional organizations that I belong to, and they have already helped me to develop professionally. Their websites have lessons and things that teachers can do to be active, and how to create environments that best suit student learning. MRULE, is another organization that I belong to, and it has signficantly contributed to my life long learning. As a student leader of the group, we are constantly learning new information about a wide range of topics, and I save these articles to reference later. Not all of these topics directly effect my teaching, but significantly contribute to my life long learning.

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