9-27-10

In class today, we talked a lot about active learning. We got up and met some new people and talked about what kinds of active learning we had experienced. It seems to me that active learning is a much better approach so that the students will make better meaningful connections. This way they will learn in a fun way and its more fun for the teacher so they don't have to just stand up and lecture! We then went outside to take a class picture, which was nice because it was about half way through the class. I also learned that you should onlly stay on one topic for about 10 minutes, then change things up so the students don't get bored.

Class 2

In class Monday, we got to play with certain technologies. Dr. Day brought in her computer that is a note pad, her ipad, and her video camera that plugs straight into the computer. It was fun to get to play with them a little and to get some exposure to the types of technologies out there. The other activity we did in class was where we had to stand in the parts of the room that showed how we felt about a certain statement. It was very interesting to see the different perspectives of the class!

First day of class

On our first true day of class, we shared our woordles. Everyone in class got to share their personal woordle, by explaining all the words that were important to them and described them. I thought that this was a great exercise, especially for the first week of class. That way, kids can share about their lives and whats important to them, and they can also find others in the class with those same interests.