Blogging this semester has helped me to grow as a future teacher. I have learned the true importance of self reflection by doing this. Blogging strongly connects to standard 5 of the NCPTS which is "Teachers reflect on their practice." Reflection is powerful and purposeful to teaching. After reflecting upon something, you know what you as the teacher could've done differently in a lesson, what worked well in a lesson, and what didn't work at all in a lesson. Reflection helps me as a teacher and student to grow as a professional. Throughout the semester, blogging helped me to grow because once I had completed my assignments for the week, I would have the chance to go back and analyze them and talk about how I did. This showed me that there is always room for growth when learning. I will use reflection as a key aspect in my classroom. My students will be required to reflect on their assignments so as a teacher, I can understand their thoughts and as a student, they can grow in that subject area by reflecting. In my future classes at Gardner-Webb and in my future classroom as a teacher, reflection will be utilized as much as possible. I believe that reflection has helped me to learn from my mistakes and build upon my learning.
