CHARACTERISTIC 5: WE BELIEVE THAT THE NOVICE TEACHER SHOULD HAVE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF
PEDAGOGY.
An artifact I can use for characteristic 5 of the novice teacher would be my Special Education 360 Tool Kit. Throughout this tool kit, I used multiple technology tools to create different activities for students. These activities require students to interact with the technology throughout the lesson. One lesson I did with an actual student was a vocabulary lesson. The student who participated in this lesson is a special needs student. I found out this student really liked to draw, so instead of having her use crayons and paper to illustrate her vocabulary words, I found a "Create Your Own Cartoon" program online and had the student create cartoons of her vocabulary words. This allowed the student to do something different with the lesson and kept her attention. I found that this particular student learned well through drawing. I also had a group of students use a program called Study Stack to create their own crosswords and hangman games using their vocabulary words. I believe both lessons described above in my Technology Tool kit uses different instructional models and teaching strategies to reach many different types of learners. In my Tool Kit there are also three other technology activities, all of which include a specific rubric for the activity during the lesson.
CHARACTERISTIC 10: WE BELIEVE THAT THE NOVICE TEACHER SHOULD BE LIBERALLY EDUCATED.
An artifact I can represent characteristic 10 of the novice teacher would be my Art 103 Unit Plan. This unit plan was developed around the idea of students creating their own totem poles. I believe this artifact represents characteristic 10 because this unit brings in the culture of the Native Americans. It integrates math, english, and social studies with the arts, while the students explore the Native American traditions of the totem poles. There is also a Native American tale included in the lesson so the students are exposed to different cultures. During this unit, the use of technology is incorporated as well by using multiple PowerPoints during the lessons.
