Friday, March 28, 2008
Contribution to Class Wiki
I added a WebQuest about the Little rock 9. I was on the site this morning trying to figure out about the whole process page and noticed how none of the links were labeled so I went through and labeled all the Links. It's much more organized now.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Porsche talks about her experience of going to the park to learn about the different type of experiences of psychology. Learning about people’s need, and seeing it in real life examples outside the park.
WOW. What a great connection. I don’t know if I would have thought about that. What a great idea. I think we all like to go outside at some point, so being able to do field trips to get students outside the classroom would be a beneficial experience.
Porsche talks about her experience of going to the park to learn about the different type of experiences of psychology. Learning about people’s need, and seeing it in real life examples outside the park.
WOW. What a great connection. I don’t know if I would have thought about that. What a great idea. I think we all like to go outside at some point, so being able to do field trips to get students outside the classroom would be a beneficial experience.
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Skipping school, as mentioned by most of the students interviewed, is a problem. All the students who talked about it, expressed their displeasure with it. It quickly become an issue and is compared with an addiction.
I would hope that with the amount of student I have I will be able to not let students slip through and would be able to keep up when students miss school. Unfortunately if I am teaching in a district like Mt. Blue, with almost no attendance policy, there is no real issue of students missing multiple days. I would just need to be aware of how much school my students are missing.
Skipping school, as mentioned by most of the students interviewed, is a problem. All the students who talked about it, expressed their displeasure with it. It quickly become an issue and is compared with an addiction.
I would hope that with the amount of student I have I will be able to not let students slip through and would be able to keep up when students miss school. Unfortunately if I am teaching in a district like Mt. Blue, with almost no attendance policy, there is no real issue of students missing multiple days. I would just need to be aware of how much school my students are missing.
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Connection of the students who do not speak English is a concern of the ESL students. They suggest the teacher make an effort to connect others to their culture.
ESL is a challenging situation for anyone. There would be some need to help students feel connected to the school. The students do need to feel connected and the language barrier would be a challenging one to overcome. It seems like a double edged sword. One problem they face is being able to communicate with their peers, the other is they tend to group up with students who speak their same language. They may seem open to meeting new people, but when they hang out with people of their same language, and speak that language with them, it helps build that barrier between the students who cannot communicate with them. The teacher might be a good resource to introduce them, and allow the exchange students to talk about their culture.
Connection of the students who do not speak English is a concern of the ESL students. They suggest the teacher make an effort to connect others to their culture.
ESL is a challenging situation for anyone. There would be some need to help students feel connected to the school. The students do need to feel connected and the language barrier would be a challenging one to overcome. It seems like a double edged sword. One problem they face is being able to communicate with their peers, the other is they tend to group up with students who speak their same language. They may seem open to meeting new people, but when they hang out with people of their same language, and speak that language with them, it helps build that barrier between the students who cannot communicate with them. The teacher might be a good resource to introduce them, and allow the exchange students to talk about their culture.
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Several students in this chapter mentioned the importance of finding out what they already know. They stressed that they might know things that the teacher was going to spend time teaching them already.
Pre-testing or otherwise finding out what people know is something that we have already talked about in class. This is an important tool to help focus learning. We don’t have to waste time teaching things that they might already know. It is an important tool for both the teachers and the students.
Several students in this chapter mentioned the importance of finding out what they already know. They stressed that they might know things that the teacher was going to spend time teaching them already.
Pre-testing or otherwise finding out what people know is something that we have already talked about in class. This is an important tool to help focus learning. We don’t have to waste time teaching things that they might already know. It is an important tool for both the teachers and the students.
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Passion is mentioned for a motivation for students. When they can tell a teacher is passionate about teaching them, or teaching the subject then students want to learn.
This is a really good thing to talk about because one would hope that you wouldn’t go into this profession without the passion to teach. Lets be honest here, we aren’t doing it to make the big bucks. Its interesting how one student thought that most teachers were not passionate. I would have to disagree, and hope that with so many teachers out there that they all have some sort of passion for what they do. I am sad for Mahogany, not only for her name, but because she feels like most of her teachers have not been passionate for their subject or towards their students.
Passion is mentioned for a motivation for students. When they can tell a teacher is passionate about teaching them, or teaching the subject then students want to learn.
This is a really good thing to talk about because one would hope that you wouldn’t go into this profession without the passion to teach. Lets be honest here, we aren’t doing it to make the big bucks. Its interesting how one student thought that most teachers were not passionate. I would have to disagree, and hope that with so many teachers out there that they all have some sort of passion for what they do. I am sad for Mahogany, not only for her name, but because she feels like most of her teachers have not been passionate for their subject or towards their students.
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Grouping is a very complicated situation. The chapter addresses many concerns and ideas about groupings and I will focus on two, letting student pick their own groups and the worry about one student doing all the work.
Grouping is tough. We have all been apart of a group where one student does all the work while the others take credit. This is when rubrics are important when they include opportunity to talk about the contributions of the entire group. In this section there was also a couple mentions about allowing groups to chose themselves. This seems generally like a bad life plan, seeing as those who group up tend to be similar minds, so slacker might group, and thus wouldn’t have a project. Also what happens to the kid no one wants to be with. That sorta ruins your day to be picked last for group projects. Its easier to assign them.
Grouping is a very complicated situation. The chapter addresses many concerns and ideas about groupings and I will focus on two, letting student pick their own groups and the worry about one student doing all the work.
Grouping is tough. We have all been apart of a group where one student does all the work while the others take credit. This is when rubrics are important when they include opportunity to talk about the contributions of the entire group. In this section there was also a couple mentions about allowing groups to chose themselves. This seems generally like a bad life plan, seeing as those who group up tend to be similar minds, so slacker might group, and thus wouldn’t have a project. Also what happens to the kid no one wants to be with. That sorta ruins your day to be picked last for group projects. Its easier to assign them.
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 4
Chapter 4
In chapter 4, Porsche talks about how if you don’t turn something in, then the teacher wont give you makeup work. Porsche thinks its unfair.
I tend to mostly disagree with Porsche on this point. I see where she is making a good argument but let me defend the teacher for a second. There should be no need for makeup work, if the students couldn’t get it in on time. If there was an extenuating circumstances then that would be an obvious exception but when there is none, I don’t see what is bad about taking off points. No one is going to give you makeup work in the real world when you don’t get your stuff done. This teacher wouldn’t be helping her students by letting them slide by turning things in whenever.
In chapter 4, Porsche talks about how if you don’t turn something in, then the teacher wont give you makeup work. Porsche thinks its unfair.
I tend to mostly disagree with Porsche on this point. I see where she is making a good argument but let me defend the teacher for a second. There should be no need for makeup work, if the students couldn’t get it in on time. If there was an extenuating circumstances then that would be an obvious exception but when there is none, I don’t see what is bad about taking off points. No one is going to give you makeup work in the real world when you don’t get your stuff done. This teacher wouldn’t be helping her students by letting them slide by turning things in whenever.
Fires In the Bathroom Chapter 3
Chapter 3
If a teacher comes in not prepared you have no other choice but to start talking with your neighbor. The student, Mahogany, who mentioned this points out how students recognize when a teacher doesn’t have a plan.
This is something I noticed as well inside Mt. Blue. The 8th grader will rip you apart if you don’t have a plan. Also it was important for them to be doing something. When I finished my lesson five minutes early, I couldn’t let them just sit there, so I had them start working on the assigned homework. Granted only a few students actually started working on it, but it at least kept the noise level down, because they had no excuse to be talking. Having a plan is important. Equally important is having a BACK UP PLAN, when something is not working, you should be able to quickly switch gears. When I planned one of my lessons, I had a lot of information that I was ready to present, even though I knew we wouldn’t get to it all. I could though switch gears if things were not being understood by my students
If a teacher comes in not prepared you have no other choice but to start talking with your neighbor. The student, Mahogany, who mentioned this points out how students recognize when a teacher doesn’t have a plan.
This is something I noticed as well inside Mt. Blue. The 8th grader will rip you apart if you don’t have a plan. Also it was important for them to be doing something. When I finished my lesson five minutes early, I couldn’t let them just sit there, so I had them start working on the assigned homework. Granted only a few students actually started working on it, but it at least kept the noise level down, because they had no excuse to be talking. Having a plan is important. Equally important is having a BACK UP PLAN, when something is not working, you should be able to quickly switch gears. When I planned one of my lessons, I had a lot of information that I was ready to present, even though I knew we wouldn’t get to it all. I could though switch gears if things were not being understood by my students
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