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Angela Bayes PSMT 5 - Professionalism Exhibit B Journal Entry from the Fire U !

! "onferen#e$ A lie% Tea#hing$ Mar#h &'()* Fit +hi#h "riteria, Pro-i%e e-i%en#e of***#ommitment to***on-going rofessional %e-elo ment* .emonstrate% +hi#h S/ill or Attitu%e, This 0as a rofessional %e-elo ment seminar %ay on 0hi#h 1 refle#te%$ es e#ially as to 0hat 1 learne%* "om lete% in +hat +ay, +e 0ere re2uire% to atten% this arti#ular #onferen#e$ 0hi#h 0as geare% to0ar% the stu%ent tea#her* All from A2uinas 0ere re2uire% to 0rite a 3ournal entry to %etail an% analy4e the %ay an% 0hat 0e 0oul% #arry for0ar%* Assesse% as Ex#ellent Be#ause, 1 0as able to ex ress my ex#itement about tea#hing in a rofessional manner* Sour#e of Pri%e5Area of 6ro0th, My fa-orite thing to ha-e learne% at this #onferen#e 0as about the fli e% #lassroom* 1 belie-e my %es#ri tion of ho0 to use this in tea#hing or#hestra 0as -ery #lear* My gro0th 0ill be to use the te#hnology at my %is osal to ost these instru#ti-e lessons* Fire U ! "onferen#e Mar#h )$ &'() 7ester%ay$ 1 an% a #ou le hun%re% of my #losest frien%s #ame together to olish our tea#hing strategies through seminar* 1 atten%e% fi-e, Fli learning$ grant 0riting$ te#hno glamming$ musi# relating$ an% glass #lassing* A%mitte%ly$ 1 rename% a fe0 of these to fit my 0riting style se2uen#e$ an% that is ho0 1 am fol%ing litera#y into my %ay* As an analog girl in a %igital 0orl%$ 1 struggle 0ith te#hnology* Therefore$ 1 %e%i#ate% a #ou le of hours to te#hnology seminar* 1 am gla% that 1 %i%* 1 %on8t #are to use te#hnology for the sa/e of te#hnology$ be#ause 18ll brea/ it an% be stu#/* 9o0e-er$ 1 am so ex#ite% at the ros e#t of using fli learning in beginning an% interme%iate or#hestra #lasses* 1 #an re#or% a brief se#tional about a #on#e t or ie#e tailore% to ea#h instrument* The stu%ent #an 0at#h an% re lay as often as nee%e%$ an% 1 0oul% #ount this as ra#ti#e time* The robability that this 0oul% fall %o0n is in the stu%ents not loo/ing at the -i%eo$ as ointe% out by my #oo erating tea#her* 1 thin/ 18ll sen% this 2uestion to the tea#her of the fli learning seminar* 9e has been %oing this 0ith #hemistry for se-eral years* Te#hno glamming 0as a#tually about the use of so#ial me%ia to allo0 ros e#ti-e em loyers :or arents or stu%ents; to resear#h me* 1 3ust loo/e% myself u on 6oogle$ an% 1 foun% se-eral Angela Bayeses in the US an% Britain* My hoto #ame u $ an% lu#/ily it 0as a goo% one$ -ery rofessional* Be#ause 1 am in my )'s$ my %ays of 0il%ing ha-e been lost to the mists of time$ thereby un%o#umente% on Fa#eboo/* 1 ha-e ne-er been rou%er to be of im en%ing mi%%le age* That being sai%$ 1 0ill be ex an%ing my on-line resen#e$ a%%ing <in/e%-in an% T0itter a##ounts$ an% maybe a blog or 0ebsite* 1 en3oye% the musi# seminar$ although it 0as geare% more to0ar% general musi# in elementary s#hool* There 0ere i#e brea/er games$ 0hi#h are meant to buil% #amara%erie* +e %an#e% a fol/ %an#e* +e laye% instruments-as-#hara#ters 0hile a i#ture boo/ 0as rea% alou%* 1f 1 am e-er offere% a general musi# 3ob for elementary le-el$ 1 0oul% gla%ly ta/e it* These a#ti-ities are so mu#h fun*

6rant 0riting is im ortant for my future lans to start a strings rogram in the aro#hial s#hools* Fun%ing is an issue$ an% 0inning a grant 0oul% be a soli% tou#hstone* 1 /no0 a little about grant 0riting$ as 1 ha-e been a0ar%e% one in the ast to start a gifte% rogram at my #hil%ren8s s#hool* The rogram fi44le%$ %ue to la#/ of su ort from a%ministration* =ne of the things 1 learne% in the seminar is that after 0inning a grant$ tell as many eo le as ossible* "all the ne0s a ers$ too* A%ministration may not ne#essarily a%-ertise the efforts of tea#hers$ so it is u to tea#hers to %o it* 1 also learne% more about the stru#ture of the a li#ation ro#ess* This 0as a goo% use of my time* E-en though 1 ha-e been in #ollege for many years$ 1 still misrea% %es#ri tions from time to time* 1 misrea% 0hat the glass #lassroom 0as all about* +hat 1 thought it 0as about 0as engaging the #ommunity at large$ so they 0ill su ort the efforts of our e%u#ational system an% -ote yes on millages* +hat the seminar 0as a#tually about 0as ha-ing #hil%ren re#or% the rea%ing of their essays an% ost them on 7outube$ thereby ma/ing 0riting a erforming art* As a tea#her of the erforming arts$ 1 ha-e this #o-ere% alrea%y* But$ 1 %i% a re#iate the instru#tor8s assion for the sub3e#t* As a 0hole$ it 0as a goo% %ay*

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