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Section Six of the Elementary Portfolio Project provides me with an opportunity to give
you, the reader, a tour of my Weebly website. This website was designed as a way for me to
showcase not only my work and achievements in the Master of Science in Education program at
Medaille College thus far, but also to showcase my proficiency in technology. In addition to the
Weebly website, I demonstrate my aptitude for technology during a mock interview video using
Weebly website. Having the opportunity to participate in an interview simulation has been quite
beneficial. I took my time formulating my answers, reviewing my work, and truly thinking about
my past, present, and possible future experiences throughout this journey into the field education
and how I could apply this reflective practice to the interview process in the professional world.
Reflecting upon this process, I realize the importance of being able to design a website, which
will be used in the future to maintain an open line of communication with the families of my
future students as well as communication and support with my future colleagues. I find
technology to be quite daunting at times, so I am grateful for this opportunity to really work with
it in an educational capacity. I had never before been exposed to anything like Screencast-O-
Matic, so it was quite an informational practice for me. I can certainly see how this technology
addition to a certain lesson. This section has truly been a practice in reflecting upon my work in
the program and given me an opportunity to not only familiarize myself with new technology,
but also an opportunity to use this technology as a new way to showcase my competencies and
video at https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cFjVr4FSbZ.
familiar with the interview process pertaining to the field of education. It is an opportunity to
hone interview skills, reflect upon knowledge and experiences, as well as becoming comfortable
with answering these types of questions. The following questions have been posed to teacher
1. Briefly share a little about your background experiences that have led you to choose
a career in education.
I received my Honours Bachelor of Arts from University of Toronto with
a major in Books & Media studies and minors in American History and
Spanish
I have been a flight attendant for over 13 years. I love to travel and have
been fortunate enough to visit about 30 countries and over 70 cities around
the world. As great as that has been, I found that I was not being fulfilled
by that job anymore. So, I began teaching Core French to grades 3-8 as an
emergency French supply teacher. I did that full time for a while, and that
is when I discovered that my heart truly lies in teaching.
2. What have you learned in your teacher training program that will make you an
excellent classroom teacher and colleague?
I have learned in my teacher training program a variety of instructional
strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners, like cooperative learning
groups, think/pair/share, creating colorful and engaging anchor charts, as
well as ways to differentiate instruction.
It was a 4th grade lesson on making inferences using the wordless book,
Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole.
In this lesson, students needed to use their ability to extract evidence from
the illustrations and combine it with their social studies background
knowledge in the Underground Railroad and safe houses.
Students were highly engaged throughout the lesson, as they were working
in groups to make inferences from the illustrations. I know it was
successful because both groups of students at the end of the lesson wrote
two different narratives for the story based on their groups’ inferences. It
was very interesting for all of us!
Another lesson I created was a literacy lesson that used Google’s Book
Creator, which is also on my Weebly website under artifacts.
Students are to create a re-telling of their favorite fairy tale, where they
had to include characters, setting, dialogue, narrative, and illustrations.
They have to use Book Creator to write a narrative, draw the illustrations
and then publish their work online.
In this lesson, I address reading and writing standards for both New York
and Ontario, in addition to the publishing standard for the writing process
in the Ontario Curriculum Expectations. It also addresses the ISTE
standards for educators and learners.
In this program, I have become familiar with many tools that inspire
success and confidence in students
5. Why should we hire you instead of the other applicants we have interviewed?
My experiences as an international flight attendant are very valuable in the
classroom. I would like to bring those rich experiences throughout my
travels back into the classroom to build the background knowledge of
elementary students and to expose them to different cultures and
experiences at an early age.
I am bilingual and love the French language; I would love to teach French
Immersion or Core French.
Conclusion
Concluding this Elementary Portfolio Project with technology seemed very fitting. It was
knowledge, and pedagogical practices in a completely different way. Technology is the way of
the future, and the skills I have acquired through this section in designing a website and creating
a video will prove to be more than beneficial. My Weebly website has been a showcase of my
work in the Master of Science in Education program at Medaille College. This website will
change and flourish as I develop my skills and gain experience in the classroom, and I am certain
it will be an excellent way to maintain positive home-school partnerships with my future students
and their families. Working with the Screencast-O-Matic technology has also provided me with
insight and different ideas of how I can include technology into future lessons and it will
certainly also serve as an important educational tool. Participating in a mock interview has been
an opportunity to familiarize myself with possible questions during future interviews and also a
chance to reflect upon my time at Medaille College and creating the Elementary Portfolio
Project. This final section of my portfolio has truly been a reflective process and given me the