Sailing on: Towards Becoming an Art Teacher

Home  After observing a class and how teacher Bam and his students interact, and how life lessons can be integrated into the main lesson itself, it reminds me of having dinner with my family and how my parents gave advice to my siblings while eating. It is very fascinating and heartwarming at the same time. It really reminds me of home.  ***      It's also about going back to my roots, which is teaching. I really feel like this is what I ought to do after having series of corporate jobs. I remembered being an art workshop facilitator in the past and it gave me so much joy. But due to financial constraint (as I have to support my siblings), I have to find a corporate job that pays more. But all these time, t eaching is by far the one really closest to my heart even though my current job is quite easy but its routinary, as compared to teaching, it's very spontaneous and in a way give you that sense of purpose and fulfillment.       I know being a teacher is not an easy task and t

  Lesson Plan in Elements of Art Name of the teacher: Leopoldo R. Denorte Time allotted: 1 hour   I Objectives   Content Standard: Discuss, demonstrate and understand, lines, texture, shapes and depth, contrast (size, texture)   Performance Standard: Sketches on-the-spot outside or near their house to draw a plant, flowers or a tree showing the different textures and shape of each part, using only a pencil or black crayon or ballpoint pen   Lesson Objective: At the end of discussion, the learners will be able to: Demonstrates understanding of lines, texture, shapes and depth, contrast (size, texture) through drawing (A3PR-Ig)     II Subject Matter   Topic: Elements in Art, Lines Creates an artwork of people in the province/region. On-the-spot sketching of plants trees, or buildings and geometric line designs shows a work of art based on close observation of natural objects in his/her surrounding noting its size, shape and texture  

Culture Shock I remembered whe n I had my first international trip to Hong Kong. I was completely blown away with the unfamiliar culture, it feels like in a Sofia Coppola's film: "Lost in Translation", wherein I have to orient myself with the art of effective communication: expressing or opening oneself to others. Now, I also have to learn the culture of remote teaching ethics, online instruction and  assessment. ***      It is indeed an experimental era as we are all in the infancy stage of unit wide online learning. I am quite impressed how even the specialists on this field and professors in the esteemed universities in the U.S. took this as a humbling experience as even themselves have to learn from their colleagues and may take heed from other international counterparts to have an ongoing and collaborative sharing of best practices.       I guess to most challenging task for me is the load that we, future teachers are taking. Since the already (certified) teachers ha

 

     Reading through the pdf/article I just cannot contain the immensity of the tasks that we are about to embark and at the same time it gave me comfort that these instructors based in Washington DC had gone through it and they able to make it. Although there were uncertainties, but they have to do action at least not to get stuck as what have mentioned on the first part of this chronicle:  “We have a responsibility to our community and to the community at large,” per the university’s president (in Washington State), Ana Mari Cauce.      Among the 10 Essential Principles and Practices the one that is close to my heart are:  • to be yourself and  • to commit to continuous improvement      As these might be essential but these are significant learnings for me, since the other 8 has been experienced since day one (with this Educ 180/181 course), as a "student" so I am trying to put myself "as a teacher" this time and having to fully understand it is to be fully

  Internet etiquette aka "netiquette" must be established in an online class. Specially during these times that we are gearing towards virtual communication. As discussed in the video, one of the key etiquette is to make sure to have a good impression specially to your class as being a teacher is a profession and it calls for expertise and mastery not just with the subject but also how you conduct yourself with your subject. So, it is important to use professional language and avoid slang and abbreviations. Then we must make sure to check grammar and spelling. It's also discussed the basic email guidelines by not using smileys or emoticons sparingly and to use san serif, why? Because Serif (meaning, a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter in certain typefaces.) Should be use when it is printed on papers e.g. newspaper or handouts. But for digital page such as website and email, it is much readable if it doesn't have the Serif, hence san Serif.