You are on "Fall Break". I am back at work. I went to check on the blog last night and saw that the Tuesday night prompt was not published. I forgot to hit "publish" when I wrote it out last week. My apologies for the delay.
Let's weigh in on the presentation from last Tuesday. I am interested in constructive criticism.
D. and Z. presented chapters 1 and 2 in Lies while pronoucing the pedagogical purposes of designing a "beginning to a lesson" and "end" to a lesson.
Could you please comment on how they did that.
A few moments to remind you of the lesson. (I took a few notes)
The "Google Search"
The "Work at the board"
The "Workbook exercise"
The "Exit ticket"
Think of the usefullness of the above as it related to the Loewen chapters.
Hope you enjoyed yesterday's great weather. The Phillies are in...the Eagles...well...my committment is waivering with them...and Penn State is on a path that I like. Wisconsin next week! Finally, check out the debate this Tuesday.
Mark
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Penn State more like State Penn with all that criminal activity going up there!!!
I say Hail to Mighty PITT!
Anyhow about the lesson I did appreciate what they did during class there was a good mix of teacher and student based participation. They did a good job contrasting and comparing what we usually learned and what the book said. The activity up at the board got everyone involved so it was a nice touch. The only thing that stuck out was the workbook activity. since we were supposed to have done that it may have been extra time spent that may have been used elsewhere. Other than that I think they did a nice job. It is very hard to go first because you don't know how to gage things. from here on out everyone else has a measuring stick. GOOD JOB going first guys!
I think the lesson went rather smoothly. I think the google search was a great idea because not only can the student learn some information but you could also talk about credible sites to visit. The board activity served the lesson well in that it allowed for student activity and helped to gaige what the students actually know. The activities that were carried out seemed to be effective and allow for student based and teacher based learning. The one thing that I would look to change is maybe do a little less directly from the workbook about beginning and ending activities. Possibly look for innovative activities. Well done.
Going first is never easy when it comes to cooperative teaching. However, this group demonstrated effective tools to be incorporated when teaching and designing a lesson. Multiple activities, such as the Google search and the work at the board, gave the lesson a quality of breadth. This is important because a linear lesson allows students to easily lose interest. The activities also brought life to the lesson. The student centered tasks brought the lesson away from the common reiteration of exactly what the text states. This, to me, fosters learning more efficiently than a teacher directed lecture. My own understanding and learning of the topic provides evidence of the effectiveness of the strategy employed.
The lesson went well, but in a few instances transitions and clarity were slightly shaky. This could easily be solved with increased preparation and rehearsal. Though, when compared to whole of the lesson this problem was small. As for the workbook, make sure that students have actually done the work before utilizing it. That was our fault. Overall, great job on effective teaching and lesson planning!
Yeah I would have to agree with Josh that it probably was not easy to be the first group to go, so I think they did a pretty good job to lead us off as a class. They did a great job having multiple objectives planned throughout their presentation. I think they both carried themselves in a professional manner and acted in control of the class for the 45 minutes to an hour that they had the floor. I wish they would have spent a little more time on the material and less on ideas to open a class discussion or unit. It almost seemed like Zack was in a rush to get through his material, but was still able to get through some positive points from the book. It seems like a very challenging book to discuss through a presentation so I really can't offer any other ways they could have done things differently. Good job overall.
Like everyone else has mentioned, I agree it is not easy to be the first one's to teach. The opening activity with google was a good warm up activity to try and get us thinking about the discussion topics, which were Columbus and Helen Keller. I thought the variety of activities and discussions were beneficial in enhancing learning. It is good to keep students active and on task at all times. The activity at the board got some of us up and moving around. The exit ticket strategy used is a good way to close a lesson. It shows if the student was paying attention and enables them to ask questions that they would like to be answered. As a teacher, you could discuss these questions the next day in class. There was good use of student-teacher interaction, although a lot of information was presented, Zach and Derek did a good job of keeping the class involved. I thought they also did a good job circulating around the room as they taught. One thing I noticed, and I also know I personally need to work on this, is the "umm's." But I believe as we gain more experience, they will become less evident in our speech.
I think the Google search was a great idea. It played into the theme of heroification. I think with that the the exit ticket and the work at the board broke up the pace of the class nicely. I noticed that most of the information I knew about those people did not fall under the truth category. The lesson overall went smoothly and gave insight onto what the book was trying to get across. However, I was looking forward to having more of a discussion on what Loewen was talking about in the book rather than how to use these activities in the classroom. Don't get me wrong, it did help though. I think the exit ticket we did, with writing our own questions down was a good idea. It would be a great way to start the lesson the next. Overall, it's never easy being the first to go, and I think they did a good job.
Everyone says it is not easy going first so maybe I should agree with them :-), the presentation was overall informational and after comparing it to the presentation of the second week it is interesting to see four to five different styles of teaching that were displayed in our classroom. I feel like this group of BSE students hold a great deal of talent and intelligence! I'm interested in seeing what all of us will produce when we are in the actual classroom. The Google search along with a video called Zeitgeist made me think of a great idea where students would watch a historical video and for their assessment they could each pick something in the video to research the credibility of the claim. So the activities they made in class inspired further thought for me. Congrats!
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