Friday, 22 February 2013

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.



Wednesday, 20 February 2013

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.

Saturday, 9 February 2013

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.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

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.

Thursday, 15 November 2012

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.

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

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.