Module 7 Activity 6

I am beginning to see projects in a different light. Most of the projects are quite extensive. I have even gotten some ideas for the project idea I proprosed earlier on the control of stay dogs in my school community. Even if i do not get to see the project to the end this course has given me some ideas to help us with the problem.

Activity 5

I am now trying to catch up on my blogs. What I have found daunting is that I read the information and find that I may not be retaining much for I am not getting to spend enough time getting acquainted with the information. I think i prefer when there was more time between activities.

Module 7 Activity 4
 This activity took a while for me to sort out in my head. I knew I wanted the students to complete a project on 'dogs' - mammals. I did not know how I should state the project. There is a huge problem of stray dogs in the area. On the little stretch of road, there are four (4) school. All the schools share the same problem. The students' curriculum deals with classification of animals. I therefore decided to make the project be a one where they would use the information in science, language and social studies.

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.