Week 6:
Today in class we learned about this awesome app for the iPhone/iPad called "Bar Code". This app is free and extremely easy to use. It turns your phone into a scanner. We used them in the classroom as part of a treasure hunt. There were numbered folders set up all around the classroom. Each folder had a bar code inside for us to scan. When we scanned each barcode, a question appeared on our phone. The questions were based on our lesson from the previous week, cooperative learning. We were split into groups to go on a "hunt" for these questions. Each member in the groups was given a certain role to play such as time keeper, scanner, recorder and researcher. I was a researcher There were some multiple-choice questions, some true/false and some short answer. This activity is a great way to incorporate technology into the classroom.
I think this activity would be great to use in my own classroom because besides the technology use, children learn many things from it. They learn to work together in groups and how important each persons role is in the activity. It also teaches the students how to research things on their own in different ways.
Wednesday October 2, 2013
Today in class we separated into our fieldwork groups to work on our lesson plans. This was great because my group and I hadn't really met yet to really talk about what we were going to do. We got to talk today though and come up with some ideas of what we would for our first lesson plan, which would be a cooperative lesson plan. Working with other people I learned how we all have different ideas and how much of a better lesson we could make by putting them all together.
Friday October 4, 2013
Today was our first day of fieldwork at Bishop Dunn Memorial School and it was very exciting. We were able to get into Mrs. Benfers fourth grade class room, the classroom we will be doing all of our fieldwork in.We were able to meet all the students and get a little taste of who we will be teaching. We went around in our groups and introduced ourselves to the students. At each table, we did a little pre-assessment of the student's knowledge on the Declaration of Independence and had them write some ideas down of what they think is on the D.O.I. I was excited to find out that a good number of students actually knew a lot about the D.O.I. It was very helpful meeting with them all because we got a better understanding of who was going to have a little more trouble with the subject and it gave us an idea of how to design the lessons to help both them and the other students. I am definitely excited for when it's my groups time to teach, but in the meantime I will be excited to watch the other groups teach as well.
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