My instruction included establishing a website on google and IM. We discussed strategies for using IM, the pros and cons. The students were much more vocal, especially the future middle school teachers, who felt IM in groups so that all the comments are visible to the teacher, will be a great strategy for classroom discussion, especially for quieter students. We also had a great discussion on whether or not to allow text-messaging languages for these discussion. I said that I felt that this depends on the objectives of the activity and that, writers from the early 20th century would be a little "freaked out" by our forms of written language. Language is constantly changing as are the rules. We then discussed the impact text messaging may have on written language in the future.
I created and presented a ppt on lesson planning/objective writing and Dr. Miller's ppt on chapter 2. I also showed a KDE ppt on Core Content, Program of Studies and DOK. One of my students tried very hard to stay awake.
Assignment: Post to Blackboard three objectives that may be met with an interactive bulletin board.
Reflection:
In the future, cut down on the number of ppt's in a given class. I ran out of time this time, but still let my students go on time. First week I under-planned, the second week, over-planned. I'm hoping with experience, I will get this "just right" pace for a 2 hour 40 minutes night class.
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