Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Kindergarten Lesson Outline- Voicethread Project
1. We are going to teach a kindergarten math lesson on shapes. We will introduce the shapes to the students, and then show pictures of the shapes to them. Also, we will talk about the characteristics of each shape, as well as helpful hints to remember them.
2. Indiana Common Core Standards-Math
K.G.1 Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.
K.G.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
K.G.3 Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three-dimensional (“solid”).
3. We are going to use Voicethread to both show and explain the shapes to the students, as well as provide them with helpful hints to help them remember the shapes and their names. Also, we will use the “doodling” tool to help emphasize certain characteristics and how they differ from other shapes.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Twitter Project
For our twitter project we followed teachers as well as
other groups related to education. We tried to tweet directly to teachers for
advice, but we never received any responses back. However, we did learn a lot
from just following what the teachers/groups tweeted about. We learned from one
tweet that the biggest obstacle in the classroom isn’t always your students or
what happens to them outside of the classroom, it is your mood as a teacher and
how you choose to interact with your students. It also provided a list of
things that you, as a teacher, have control over everyday such as: facial
expression, tone of voice, the words you use, etc. Also, some teachers use
twitter to post things that worked well for them in their classroom,
experiences they had in hopes that followers will provide feedback, any
questions they have regarding lesson ideas or general help they may need.
Furthermore, following groups such as the US Department of Education,
Scholastic Teachers, and PBS Teachers provided us with information regarding
issues, changes, updates, etc. on things that are going on in the world of
education. Even though we did not get direct feedback from teachers, we still
learned a lot by following them and reading their posts. We feel that using
twitter to become connected with other teachers will be extremely beneficial to
us in the future as students/professional teachers.
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