domingo, 12 de fevereiro de 2012

Journal Week #1 - February 11th 2012

I woke up really early and I was really tired ( It was a Saturday!) Besides studying, reading, researching, making projects are activities I like a lot, my weekend usually is devoted entirely to rest productive. #NerdStile
I could stay in my bed but the curiosity of the new, the will to overcome my comfort zone and the possibility to overcome my expectations were so high that I arrived early enough for the cleaners were still opening the room... Just Scott (one of our course facilitators) was there #Mico
I started talking about the traffic with Valerie and Karen [soon after Ramos arrived and joined us] when we were invited to our inaugural class where Francis Gomes, now president of the ABA but also a retired public school teacher, showed how it would be the spirit of our PSTDP: # hardFROMheart. I think those are the words that have sealed the beginning of our course and have also designed our destiny (or at least mine ...) with the confidence to seek knowledge hard but with inspiration that only comes from the heart. #Poetry #ExpectationsLevel1
It was also important to know there are 'survivors' after the course: Diego Barbosa Félix, one of the teachers who participated in the first PSTDP in 2011, shared his experience and told us how the course was important for his practice in classroon and how he has been recognized for their efforts. #ExpectationsLevel2

Allynne Fraeman and Scott Chiverton, Our course facilitators (how they've said), did an enthusiastic reception with an Icebreaker - we could also use in the classroom - making us interact with each other and made me observe that our group is formed by friendly people who showed is available to learn. #ExpectationsLevel3

After a coffee break, we’ve known how our program to be developed and I imagined that it was the moment I was more instigated for wanting to use the tools, content. #ExpectationsLevelTurboActivated

At the end of the first day I realize that 4 hours flowed with so pleasure (I'm writing every tips and every thing they do for making my classes flowed this way too) and I’ll be able to improve my knowledge as a teacher (methods, planning, content) assuming the role of student.