Chapter 1 Teaching Reading in the 21st Century

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after watching the video 25 things you should know about becoming a teacher, reflect on any feelings you experienced during the video

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personal characteristics- warm, caring, energetic, high expectations

understanding of student's potential, meeting individual's needs

love of their content areas- intellectual excitement, research

quality of their instruction- make learning relevant, communicate clearly, engaging activities

they just love kiddos- have wanted to be a teacher all their lives

June July & August - love to be off in the summers with their own kids

Holidays off - want to be off when their kids are off

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prefer group activities

would rather be identified as smart rather than "not smart"

do not like to use anything related to technology

are goal oriented, complete assignments, less time spent watching TV

are racially and ethnically divers5

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computers are part of life and not considered technology - they have never known life without a computer in life

Televison is better than the internet- because everything on the TV is readily accessible

Reality is no longer real- what seems to be real may not actually be real. Digital images can be altered

knowing is more important than doing.

Learning more closely resembles Ninetendo than logic- losing is the fastest way to master the game- losing represents learning.

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