PLE Post 1: C.Galyon

After the first class, take a moment to reflect on what was discussed. What are your personal objectives for the class? What do you want to explore deeper? What questions or concerns do you have?

For this class, my personal objective is to learn as much information as I can to help me pass my PRAXIS and be a better teacher in my future classroom. A couple of topics I am interested in exploring deeper are classroom management and learning environments. These are topics that we have not discussed in any of my other classes, and I am interested in learning the different ways that I can set up my classroom to help foster my students' learning. While I am excited to learn about learning environments, I am a little concerned about the CSEL Paper. I know we will discuss and prepare for this paper throughout the semester but it is still a little intimidating when I think about completing it now. One project I am excited about is the teaching projects. I think they allow for a lot of creativity, and I am excited to see what activities everyone in our class comes up with. So in summary, after attending the first class I am both anxious and excited about Educational Psychology 401 :)

Here is a link to a sample classroom management plan I found that discusses classroom arrangement, rules, and procedures. I really like how this classroom encourages students to be creative and interact with one another. After reading this, I now have a better understanding of what classroom management is and have ideas that I can use in my future classroom. 

http://people.umass.edu/~afeldman/beingnewteacher/sampleplan.html