Thursday, October 7, 2010

Exit Slip: 10/7/10

All I learned today was that Professor Boyer is older than Professor Buchanan...hahaha!

Okay, just kidding....we started off class with the student led discussion on Chapter 4: The Developments of the American School System. We did an activity which I thought was helpful because it took different aspects of schooling and we thought of negatives and changes that could be made. I liked the negatives and changes that could be made activity because it encouraged deeper thinking. For instance, tests are sometimes negative because some students are just bad at taking them because they get nervous or feel pressured. A change that could be made is alternative assessments. Students' knowledge can be tested by journals, projects, or essays, not just tests. The most important thing I took out of the discussion debrief, was to remember that sometimes we have to redirect our peers. Next, we talked about iRLOs. We learned about what an iRLO is and how to design one using Scratch. Like the IWB, I think it'll take me a bit to get used to the software but I once I get the hang of it I will have fun creating my iRLO. Somethings I'm already thinking about is what the content of my iRLO will be, and how I will introduce the content to to students.

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