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My Influence as a Teacher

[EDUC 200 Task]

You'll write your Teaching Philosophy in EDUC 381. In EDUC 200, you must start writing a related essay, called My Influence as a Teacher.

The full directions for the essay are here:

http://education.uwsp.edu/381/assignments/my_influence/index.php

The directions include an example.

The essay has two parts: My Background and My Choices. In EDUC 200, you only need to write My Background.

In EDUC 200, I will assess the general content of your writing, including conventions. See the EDUC 200 rubric for the specific goals for this assignment. I won't assess the My Influence section or the higher-level goals in the EDUC 381 rubric.

In EDUC 200, I will assess your use of images to enhance your essay.

You need to include two or more "flavor" images. These should be visual enhancements of ideas in the prose. For example, since you're graduating from UWSP, you could include the UWSP logo (there's a copy here: _images/official/uwsp_seal_small.jpg).

You need to include one or more personal images. This is a semi-formal or informal picture that includes you.

Be sure to include ALT info for your images.

Be sure there are no errors in conventions (e.g., spelling, grammar, punctuation).

This essay isn't about things like what you want to teach or where you want to work. Put that content in your Introduction.

Before Spring 2009, students created a page called Who Is. You don't have to create that page.