Wednesday, March 25, 2009

I learn better...from him

We are beginning our teaching projects. After looking at the projects, Nicole and I teamed up to teach De.li.cious...oh boy. This is a really useful tool that anyone could use. Its a social bookmarking tool that can go anywhere with you. I have an account where I have been bookmarking all of the usability websites and articles that I am using for my media project for my professional portfolio. I am pretty excited to learn about these tools from my peers.
I truly think that co-teaching, or peer-teaching is very important. Students tend to learn better from their peers for various reasons. Students might be too scared to ask the teacher a question infront of all their peers, but asking questions to their peers allows for a better understanding of which ever topic. I think peers understand better teaching tactics then teachers do sometimes...if that makes sense? So, I am pretty pumped to listen to what my peers have to tell me about their projects.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

My ideal classroom

The closer I come to graduation, the more I think of my ideal classroom. I have searched the web for various items I would like to have in my own classroom and then something hit me....what if I don't get a classroom?! I was recently at a local high school, and the teacher I was observing informed me this was the first year she had a classroom....for the last five years she traveled with a cart to an open classroom to conduct her classroom. I do not want that. That would be so stressful, but it makes me appreciate anything I get a lot more!
My ideal classroom would have books, books, and oh yeah...BOOKS. I want my students to really enjoy reading and writing. So, my classroom should be conducive to this. Allowing many genres of literature to grace the presence of my students could be conducive. Computers and technology..everywhere. Maybe I should get my Dad to donate one of the 50 computers he has, we could do a computer drive. Oh boy. I'm getting so excited.