What Teachers Make

Wow! This video was highly motivating. Sometimes as a teacher we need encouragement and motivation to do what we do. Often times it comes down to the "test" and how are students perform on that test. This video serves as a great reminder about what we really do as teachers! I love how he took a little over three minutes to tell the audiance what teachers make and it had nothing to do with money. Let's face it none of us decided to be teachers because it was going to make us rich. We decided to be teachers because we wanted to make a difference in the lives of our students. From this video I took away what I always knew was true teachers make students do far more than anyone on the "outside" can imagine. The video did not change my views of teaching but served as a reminder about the importance of what I do each day and how I can impact my students. I will keep this video in mind or watch the video when I am feeling defeated about what teachers' really make. It is a great motivated and the honesty displayed here makes teaching seem almost magical.

Resources: Math A Tube http://www.mathatube.com/index.html Math is high on my priority list this school year. We have begun using the Common Core State Standards this year and are always looking for new resources to aid in our teaching. This site provides a great opportunity for teachers and students but also for parents. I found the site easy to navigate and videos to be of high quality. The one thing that I did not like was I felt the site as geared to intermidiate grades and middle school students. I would like to see some more videos for younger students in kindegarten and first grade. This will be a great site to share with my fellow teachers during a staff development meeting.

Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com/ Before taking this course I knew that teacher tube was out there however for some reason I never really took the time to explore the site. I think I have been missing out. There is a great volume of resources here on a wide range of topics. I looked for videos dealing with matter, common core standards, addition and subtraction and close reading and found a mulitude of resources. A teacher could find a video on just about any topic they are teaching. With so many resources available on the site it may take a while to sift through the videos to find the perfect one for your use. That was one draw back to this site, it almost has too many resources if that is possible. With a little extra time a teacher could use this site to aid in teaching.