Strengths and Weaknesses

Because I have had many classes that have taught me to research using a variety of sources helping students with research topics and sites is one of my strengths. One of my strengths from the NET Standard is facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity. I've worked in many programs and facilities where motivating and inspiring youth is our main goal. I've had much experience and understand how to motivate and excite students. Throughout my experiences of being a student I always wanted to try harder and succeed with the teachers that supported and encouraged me to succeed. Therefore, I've developed and practiced the same attributes that has helped me so often in my success. With the use of technology I would say another strength would be my adaptability to relate technology with learning in the classroom. Technology can be such a great learning tool for physical education in so many ways. Communication between parent, students, and the teacher is critical but I believe this is a strength I can take into my teaching career.

Even though I have used the internet and technology a lot I would still say I am naive of the safety precautions one should use. I understand the ethical part but am not sure how to aviod finding the unethical issues on the computer. It seems that things popup even when you are not looking for them. When given a new technology that is taught to me I catch on pretty quick on how to use them, but teaching myself and finding different technologies would be a major weakness for me. Another weakness that I have yet to learn is providing a good learning environment when only given limited time in the computer lab. For example in the survey it asks if I would be beneficial given a two hour segment every two weeks in the computer lab and I don't know if I would. Preparation wouldn't be the problem it would be learning hands on in the computer lab and being able to teach all that is needed of me.

My goals are to research what I can do to improve my weaknesses. Another part of my goals is to talk to teacher who have taught for many years and have developed if they didn't already have those strengths and the process that they went through to develop the strengths needed of them. Then I would to practice and put into action the things I have learned. Taking each problem a step at a time while continuing to have an open mind to becoming better each day. One way I plan to evaluate myself is to write a journal of my thoughts and outcomes with individual students and the classroom as a whole.