Welcome to my very first blog! My name is Britney Milhomens and I am a teacher candidate at Brock University. My hope is to be a future English teacher. I am a perfectionist, bookworm and absolute dog lover.
Over the course of my teacher education I will be using this blog to reflect on being a teacher candidate through specific courses and explore new territories! I hope to gain insight into what it takes to be a successful role model and teacher that influences and motivates others to be successful!
I will be using this blog for my Teaching Digital Learners in the Digital Age course where I am a little uncomfortable. As an English major, diverse technology was not required to read books or write essays. In fact, I can barely even use a kindle e-reader! That being said, I am excited to learn more about technology in the classroom because I know it would have been great to learn with more technology in the classroom when I was in school. I will also be using this blog for my Mathematics I and Language Arts I courses to reflect on myself as a new teacher.
Now to formally introduce myself! I have always known that I wanted to be a teacher since I was in grade 4. I would always help my fellow peers write their name or learn their numbers because I already knew the alphabet and numbers before reaching Kindergarten. I was excited to have two siblings growing up because it always meant that in July and August as soon as school was done, I could play the role as a summer school teacher to teach them the next year's curriculum. This meant creating worksheets, giving them a lunch and recess break (unfortunately they always took an extra long recess break to avoid doing work to which I would always get upset).
When I was in Grade 12 I was a PATH (Peers As Teacher Helper) teacher where I assisted in teaching a Grade 9 Academic French class. I was open to the idea of teaching French until my love for English set in in University. It was there that I got my first tutoring job at a tutoring centre called Smart Academy. For the last 4 years I've been teaching English to students from grades 1-12. My true passion lies in English literature (i.e. Shakespeare). If I could teach all things British literature, I would!
Some fun facts about me:
I love all things Disney, reading British literature, and finding time to express myself creatively through my art. For more information about me check out my
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| This fuzzy cutie is one of my dogs. His name is Lucky. Milhomens, Britney (2017, June). |
I will be using this blog for my Teaching Digital Learners in the Digital Age course where I am a little uncomfortable. As an English major, diverse technology was not required to read books or write essays. In fact, I can barely even use a kindle e-reader! That being said, I am excited to learn more about technology in the classroom because I know it would have been great to learn with more technology in the classroom when I was in school. I will also be using this blog for my Mathematics I and Language Arts I courses to reflect on myself as a new teacher.
Now to formally introduce myself! I have always known that I wanted to be a teacher since I was in grade 4. I would always help my fellow peers write their name or learn their numbers because I already knew the alphabet and numbers before reaching Kindergarten. I was excited to have two siblings growing up because it always meant that in July and August as soon as school was done, I could play the role as a summer school teacher to teach them the next year's curriculum. This meant creating worksheets, giving them a lunch and recess break (unfortunately they always took an extra long recess break to avoid doing work to which I would always get upset).
When I was in Grade 12 I was a PATH (Peers As Teacher Helper) teacher where I assisted in teaching a Grade 9 Academic French class. I was open to the idea of teaching French until my love for English set in in University. It was there that I got my first tutoring job at a tutoring centre called Smart Academy. For the last 4 years I've been teaching English to students from grades 1-12. My true passion lies in English literature (i.e. Shakespeare). If I could teach all things British literature, I would!
I love all things Disney, reading British literature, and finding time to express myself creatively through my art. For more information about me check out my
All About Me Pinterest Blog!
I'm hoping that my passion and enthusiasm will help me to become an influential and motivated teacher. I want to be able to create an environment where students love school just as much as I do!
I'm hoping that my passion and enthusiasm will help me to become an influential and motivated teacher. I want to be able to create an environment where students love school just as much as I do!
A lot of my passions arise from my personal interests. Below are some examples of some of my passions and interests in the shape of my favourite animal:
I really love your Genius Hour Digital Portfolio! Your proposal was engaging, your movie trailer was entertaining, and your Ted Talk was very informative and really highlighted the main aspects of your assignment! You seem to have completed all the required components for your Genius Hour Digital Portfolio. All of the images and media were cited appropriately. The layout and text elements are very neat and organized and I was able to navigate throughout your blog without getting lost. Your weekly reflections were extensive and showed that you really made an effort in researching about your topic and I did not find any spelling or grammatical errors. Great work Britney! :)
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