January 25, 2016
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Comments Off on Congratulations on your engagement….
Over the past few months, my interest in blogging on the e-portfolio has ceased to exist with my last blog post dating back to October. Even then, as I read through the page it becomes increasingly apparent to me that not one post is demonstrative of my passion, commitment and desire to do well within […] Continue reading
January 24, 2016
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Comments Off on Not so scary Maths
When asked to rate ourselves on a scale of 1-10 for enjoyment and confidence of maths I rated 8 and 4 respectively. Maths is a subject that I enjoyed at school but the thought of teaching maths is frightening. It’s been while – almost 2 years since I’ve studied maths and prior to that 5 […] Continue reading
January 24, 2016
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Comments Off on Reflection, reflection, reflection
From reading the blogposts that were produced from our year group it was clear that there was different levels of engagement with the eportfolio. Throughout all the example posts a high level of knowledge was displayed to the topics covered and this was conveyed through the use of professional language and reflection. From writing these […] Continue reading
January 24, 2016
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Comments Off on Building Confidence and Competence…
4 blog posts which are different and unique but fantastic in their own ways; https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/cebeportfolio/2016/01/06/180/ https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/myunieportfoliorb/2015/11/18/children-are-the-real-teachers/ https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/uodeportfoliommackie/2016/01/17/problematic-problems/ https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/myuniversityeportfoliolayla/2015/11/03/fear-of-feedback/ These blogs have really inspired me to do some more work here on my blog and to allow my work to vary. From reading these blogs it occurred to me that they aren’t all TDT’s but they’re […] Continue reading
January 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Responding to Technology
Having recently had an ICT input on searching, researching and presenting we had a discussion about how crucial it is to teach children about internet safety. Technology has grown drastically over the years. I remember as a teenager my brother and I would argue about who had been on the internet for the longest or […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on “Wisdom Begins With Wonder”
“Wisdom Begins With Wonder” Socrates. I am sure that I am not the only one, but I’m sure many other students who embarked on the wonderful degree in Education brought together an entire baggage of emotions filled with happiness and success but I’m sure that worries were part of it. Blogs, wait a second… “I’ve […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Blogging about blogging!
When I started writing in my first blog I was extremely anxious. I wanted to be enthusiastic. My University second year peers will tell you I am a very good communicator. I love to talk, discuss and debate different ideas and points of view with others. So what was the big problem here? It […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Effectively Improving My Blog
In today’s ePortfolio input we were all asked to look at some of our peers work, reflect on the way in which our peers are crafting their professional thoughts and to write about what they are getting from doing this and how others may benefit from reading their work. I have also chosen to share the posts in […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Dance?
Myself and dancing! I don’t even know where to start on this topic. It is safe to say that my experiences in dancing is very limited with my only experience being the compulsory week block of Scottish country dancing in primary school. I feel that it was my lack of experience which initiated my lack of […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Reflection on Examples
I put my hands up and admit that over the assignment and Christmas break period I started lagging behind on posting in my ePortfolio. However, we were encouraged to read and reflect on our fellow students posts. I feel like this really gave me the push of encouragement I needed to get back into the swing […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Maths and Me
I recently attended my first couple of maths inputs and I would be completely lying if I said that the thought of them previously did not make me feel nervous, anxious and quite frankly down right scared. My relationship with maths for as long as I can remember has never been great. I just scraped […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Learning from others
Today, we were given links to some of our other peer’s ePortfolios to see what things that they have been writing. I have to say, it is really encouraging to see how they are engaging with blogging and what creative things they are posting. I really admire in them what I would describe as a […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on The sky is the limit!
After spending some time reading other people’s ePortfolio blog posts this morning, I have come away quite enlightened. Throughout the time I have spent writing my blog posts, reflecting on my personal development and discovering new aspects of the curriculum, I have adapted and improved my blogs as I have been inspired by the other […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Sharing our ePortfolios
Today we were encouraged to read and reflect on a number of our peers ePortfolio posts. Examples of MA1 posts: Lauren: 5,6,7…dance! Layla – Fear of feedback Claire-Emma: The ability grouping debate continues Rachel: Children are the real teachers Rebecca: My tired Examples of MA2 posts: Rebecca Sharpus-Jones: Longitudinal coherence and the conceptual knot Sharon Iddir: There’s […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Eportfolio…?!
Eportfolio… Eportfolio? Eportfolio! Documenting ones personal thoughts, feelings, achievements, work, progress, experiences, and views is a daunting thought. Spelling errors, punctuation flaws, and shawdy sentence structure is just the least of your problems. Someone somewhere might delve into the deepest darkest parts of the internet in who knows how many years to come to reveal […] Continue reading
January 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Finding My Inner Scientist
I have wanted to be a primary school teacher from a very young age but there has always been apprehensions about having to include certain subjects within a child’s education. One of these apprehensions is indeed Science. From what I remember of my primary school years, looking at the Solar System was one of the […] Continue reading
January 21, 2016
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Comments Off on One, 2, Three, 4, Five
Throughout Secondary school I had varying experiences of Maths which I believe has been the major factor in influencing my opinions on the topic. In my first year at Secondary I was given one of the stricter teachers who was firm in his belief of textbook work. I had always been good at maths yet, […] Continue reading
January 20, 2016
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Comments Off on Dancing Under the Sea
I recently attended the only dance input I will be given at University until 3rd year. Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a dancer unless I am at a scottish ceilidh, playing just dance on the Nintendo Wii or it is a half hearted waltz after a glass of wine. The only dancing I […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on A Big Bang
Biology and Chemistry were always made to be fun with lots of experiments throughout primary and secondary which is why I believe I enjoyed them so much more than physics which was mainly equations. I believe that in primary schools there is a lack of science in the curriculum with maybe one lesson a week, […] Continue reading
January 19, 2016
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Comments Off on Stranger Danger
From the ever increasing number of headlines appearing these days surrounding internet safety I knew that it was an important matter to educate myself on as a teacher. In our ICT lecture we were given the opportunity to explore a range of resources that we could engage with whilst on professional placement. I used the […] Continue reading
