EDCI 336 Online Portfolio

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Final Demonstrations Summary

For my final musical growth demonstrations I have chosen to play Old MacDonald and the Alphabet song! Both of these songs will be incredibly useful in the classroom because they are simple enough for the kids to sing/clap along too while still being interesting. I believe the Alphabet song will be incredibly useful because the instrumental song is also used for ‘twinkle twinkle little star’, because of this I think that the lyrics will be easily adaptable and can be changed to fit with activities/academic subjects that are being taught in the class. Similar with my midterm demonstration I have still had some difficulty with timing and speed when it comes to playing the guitar but I am very proud of my progressive, especially how my confidence with guitar has increase. Now that school is over and I am no longer overloaded with work I plan on continuing to practice the guitar. I will mainly be practicing my timing and learning basic songs that I can add to my teaching toolkit.

From this experience I have found tabs to be the most helpful when learning my songs. Below I have added the tabs I used for Old MacDonald and the Alphabet song.

This is the link for Old MacDonald tab

Relevant Assignments

The above linked Person Education Essay focusses on A.S Neill’s Summerhill school where students are self-governed and students can learn where, when and what they want. This connects to my teaching philosophy in how Summerhill encouraged students to pursue their academic passions, and how it highlights the significance of students having free time.

For many years I have spent time daydreaming of the perfect school so I was very excited for the above assignment where we were asked to design a school, with a curriculum, experiences, aims for service, philosophy, and instructional methods. The School Design Proposal I created encompasses what I believe are important features in schooling and dives into the importance of personal satisfactory education.

The above planning assignment features a lesson plan for a Volleyball unit that I created. While the lesson was made to be inclusive I have also added possible modifications and preemptive measures that should be taken to make sure that all students thrive. I believe this assignment ties into my teaching philosophy by how it displays ways that I plan on teaching inclusively.