Wednesday, April 13, 2011

April 14th- Field.

What:
This last three weeks have been our first field experiance! My field partner was Amy and we tought at Greenwood elementary 5th grade. Our class was full of energy and full of children. Thirty students with about seven of them with IEP's. They were so cute and fun to work with, we even got to work with the other class some. Our genenral day included math or reading, and ocational art project. After lunch, was either science or soical studies which is what we tought. We assisted as needed and planned lessons including different things we have been learning throughout the semester. It was a great experience to actually be able to apply what we have been learning.We could see the different teaching models where they could be used, we had fun with including stratigies, and where media applied we put it in our lessons. The digital story we left to the end, our children got pretty excited about it. In our viedo we included alot of what we have been learning about the civil war. The children were so smart and could tell us about the all the slides! We were also able to use an educational viedo and a the projector, media is such a part of these kids worlds its amazing. It makes lesson planning very resourceful being able to use the internet.
So What:
So what do i take from this experience is that there is so much to teaching and there are so many sources we are lucky to have! Teaching the children appropriate ways to use these sources and by ourselves using them the right way is a good way to learn. What i take from the whole experience is that there is so much to consider while teaching and working with children, but that it is a very rewarding experience. You can build relationships with children in many different ways and media is one way you can relate to them. It is such a part of our world.
Now What:
For my future plans and teaching i have a lot to learn, but i feel like i have been learning alot this semester too. I am glad for the experiences i have been having. I like to know there really is so much to include and incorporate with media in teaching. It has been fun learning and working with our fifth grade class :)

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