Sunday, February 20, 2011
Response to 2010 Online Confrence
I watched the video entitled "A Week in the Classroom." It was a very interesting video. I listened to a teacher from New Zealand talk about her students and their activities in the classroom. Her elementary classroom used many of the tools we are learning to use in this class. Her class had their own blog and wiki. She also mentioned that they used delicious to bookmark stuff. One of the main parts in the video talked about discover time. Discover time was time they took everyday for the kids to do basically whatever they wanted. They had cameras for the kids to take pictures and supplies for carpentry. They also had books, computers, various art supplies, and lots of other fun things that engaged the kids and let them discover things hands on. I was surprised by how much the students did with technology in their classroom and how well they were at it. I enjoyed watching the video and learning about her classroom in New Zealand. I also think I might start reading her classroom blog because it seemed very informative and interesting. Overall, I loved watching the video and it made me feel like I was there with the teacher in New Zealand discovering her classroom and learning about her students.
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Amanda, "A Week in the Classroom" is the name of the strand (series of individual sessions). What is the name of the individual session that you watched?
ReplyDeleteIt was a week in the classroom keynote 2010. It was the teacher who talked about her class in New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteI always learn better with hands on learning and I enjoy teaching hands on material. I like this especially when I am working with younger students, but I also think older students get a relief when they can learn with activities.
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