Efolio makes a great guide!

"Education is the kindling of a flame not the filling of a vessel" -Socrates

The efolio assignment this semester has been very effective in preparing me for the edTPA that will be expected during student teaching. edTPA is a huge portion of the teacher certification process. Having the ability to practice imputing our lessons gives us an advantage. 

Task 1 was not too intimidating because it was only a matter of imputing the lessons. Task 1 part E includes the lesson plan format broken down into smaller segments. This section was the heftier part of the section because you have to reflect on why you chose to implement this lesson. It was time consuming because it seemed to be asking you to reflect on the same parts of your lessons but used different language to ask. 

Task 2 and Task 3 involve uploading the observation videos and student work and assessments. Watching myself in a video was uncomfortable. I had to watch it a few times before I could watch it straight through without wanting to turn it off. Even though it was an uncomfortable experience I feel I can learn from watching myself. I know that I fidget with my hands too much and I need to work on having relaxing body language in front of the students. 

I feel the efolio assignment was a great experience. I am not going to be student teaching until the Fall of 2016 and I feel this will help me prepare for what will be expected of me in the edTPA. I will be able to reference this efolio during the spring semester and "practice" some more before I start the student teaching process.