Thursday, November 11, 2010

Discussion Guide Reflection

Deltas- Share Prezi, forgot student, new tool didn't work

+'s - Plan B, new tool (limit dominant voice, save time, reduce off-task talking), new grouping, walked around

I was a part of this week's discussion guide on Chapter 9: What Does it all Mean? For our discussion we had planned to use four different scrib link pages for students to share their ideas of specific questions: positives and negatives of technology and social communities on learning. Unfortunately scrib link didn't work! Instead we had students get into groups to discuss their ideas. This worked fine, but I was bummed scrib link didn't work because I was excited for the students to use a new and fun tool for discussion. One thing we should have done to help students would be to share the Prezi with everybody. This would reduce confusion. Also, in our groupings, we left a student out! I know in our classroom it wasn't a big deal, but in elementary school, this would have been a bigger deal. This shows how careful we need to be while making groups because we even double checked our lists but still made a mistake! Overall, the discussion didn't go as well as I had hoped but I know in the future lessons will not always go as planned so it is helpful to learn now how to deal with the unexpected.

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