I know we are getting close to the end when Jessica's Micro teaching is about reviewing what we have learned thus far! It is amazing to look back on all that we have done and how it all ties together so smoothly. I think Jessica did really good having us go back and think in categories. It made me really think about the different theories, concepts, skills, and experiences and how they all tie together. For example, a concept is Aims, Goals, and Objectives, a skill we learned was writing objectives, a theory is Bloom's taxonomy which is used in writing objectives and an experience we learned is writing a unit plan. It is comfortable knowing that everything I learned in this class is going to be carried with me the rest of my teaching career. So after Jessica's microteaching Dr. Smirnova shared a very informative PowerPoint about Models, Strategies and Methods. There are four types of models. Behavioral which is a broad approach to teaching, which develops the basic skills and knowledge. Information Processing is through questions and exploration . Social Interactive model focus on social skills, that students learn better when they interact. Personal Model is focused on developing the student's self esteem. Strategies are a set of steps you have to follow. Direct are aligned with behavioral, very teacher focused. Indirect/cognitive are aligned with information processing, there are specific steps. It starts class with a problem or a puzzle type situation. Indirect/interactive aligns with social interactive, learning through exploration. Indirect/Individual is aligned with Personal, which focuses on the individual student. Methods are more specific ways of reaching goals. There are hundreds of methods. Each model has methods/activities that can fit into them. Lecture is a form of behavioral model, Problem solving can be used with information-processing, Field Trips used in experimental model, Homework used in Personal model and Think-Pair-Share in Social Interactive Model. Learning the models, strategies and methods was interesting because it makes you realize that there is more to teaching than just lecture, which I feel was a big part of the education I had. It is important to incorporate all of the different behaviors because it focuses on the student learning by themself, the teacher, and their classmates. After the PowerPoint Dr. Smirnova allowed us to work on our Unit Plans in class. Which was really nice to be able to be in class working on our unit plan design because if you get stuck then you have your classmates or Dr. Smirnova right there to help you out. Overall, this class just confirmed to me how fast this semester is coming to a close!!!