Module 7 Activity 3

Working on this activity was a bit frustrating at times for I had to teach myself to write on the whiteboard. I can see me using this tool with my students and hope I get a chance to use it. I also got to realize that I had been using critical thinking in my classroom all along but I do not think I have been using it enough. I plan to use this strategy more.

Module 7 Activity 2

There are times when you have a task to complete that is so simple and you make it hard. Before I started this activity I was not sure what to do, but as i progressed through the exercise I kept wondering if I may have read too much into the activity.

Module 7 Activity 1
The first activity was not difficult at all. I guess it is because I am beginning to realise (through the help of this course) that the world is changing and as a teacher< I need to change if I am to keep up.

Module 1 Activity 11

I have taught this topic so many time but never generated as much interest. The children remembered the characteristics of each homeland almost without prompting. At the end of the unit, many scored high on the quiz they were given.

Module 1 Activity 10
This activity was particularly insightful. I was able to really see one of the benefits of using small groups work. Each student was forced to participate and share their idea, whereas in a larger group the shy student would have been able to hide hide behind the others and not participate.

Module 1 Activity 9
As a History teacher, I have learnt through experience to ask question which will aid students interpret the text. i do not see me changing my strategy any time soon as I had to resort to this type of questioning to get the students to be analytic about their reading.

Activity 8

I guess because of the rigorous training at teacher training here in Antigua and the continuous assessments which our government carries out of their teachers, I have always incorporated Piaget's principles in my teaching. What I have always found particularly useful was the principle of putting pupils into groups. Most of us know that most boys do not like to read and as I spent a great part of my teaching career at a boys' school, I found it prudent to arrange the boys in groups to facilitate revision and to peek their interest.