WebSite Reflections

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching

This site was really easy to access. I liked that it had personal quotes from other teachers about their first years of teaching. Some of the opinions and trials were helpful to learn about and prepare for. I think it is interesting that there can be so many different viewpoints from people doing the same thing. This would be helpful to see that everyone struggles but to not give up!

http://www.nea.org/home/ToolsAndIdeas.html NEA Tools and Ideas

The accessibility of this site was very easy. All the different links made the site very useful. My favorite part about this site was the lesson plans. I liked how each lesson had a brief abstract. One thing that would make it a little more user-friendly would be if there were a subject search, like UEN's site. The articles concerning classroom management also seemed to have a useful place for me, as a future teacher.

http://www.aft.org/teachers/index.htm AFT Teachers A Union of Professionals

This site also pulled up easily. It seemed to be more of a teacher update/newsletter. The section I explored was called A Year In the Life of a Teacher. I previewed some articles about reading, common curriculum, and poverty. I might use this site. However, I really don't know if I will have enough time to read through each article and section. We will see.