A Bit About Me

My name is Jessica Kiser and I first realized that I wanted to be an educator my senior year of high school. That year I was inspired by three of my teachers; Ms. Milam (my art teacher), Mrs. Brew (my technology teacher), and Ms. Muller (my French teacher) their compassion and drive to help us learn along with their creativity made me realize that I too wanted to help high school students to better themselves through education. Since then I have been working towards an education degree.I started my college education at Georgia State where I majored in Art Education. I transferred from there after completing my Sophomore year to the University of South Alabama where I changed my major to Secondary Education English/Language Arts. I have always loved both of these subjects and I believe that my short education in art will ultimately help me in my English classes.I believe that high school education goes beyond what students learn in the classroom. In my opinion the some of the most important lessons learned in school come from the teachers. If a teacher truly cares and wants to help their students then I feel that the students learn better and also become better people to go out into and lead the world.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Something for Every Learner

As a future teacher and from experience in the past with my teachers I believe that it is imperative to give lessons that cater to all of the different learning styles. I know that most of my teachers stood in the front of the class and lectured us and then passes out worksheets for us to practice what we learned; or if we were reading that day we just took turns reading the text book. My vision is to create a classroom where this happens rarely. I would like to have a class where all learning styles are employed. It would be a break from the monotonous and create a fun and easy learning environment. I still remember a lesson taught by my 11th grade American history teacher were he had three of us sit on the floor with our arms linked. One of us then had to try to stand while the other two held that one down. This lesson was demonstrating the checks and balances of the American government.
Those are the types of lessons that I would like to have in my English class. If we are reading then maybe we might have "actors and actresses" act out the story. Or perhaps for a grammar lesson we might have a fun game instead of a worksheet!

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