Last Video Teach

Today, for my last video teach, I plan on lecturing about conditions that soldiers were exposed to during the vietnam war. I plan on lecturing with the use of a powerpoint with pictures. I am going to include conditions such as disease and environmental issues. After I lecture, I will ask the students to read two letters I have provided for them. The letters are from vietnam soldiers during the war; they are letters home. I will ask the students to write their own letter home as if they were a vietnam soldier afterwards.

I expect the students to do fine participation in the lecture and the readings, but I have doubts that the students will want to engage in the writing activity. When constructing my lesson plan, I felt hesitant to assign such an activity. To me, it sounds a bit like an activity for younger kids.

In reflection, I think trying to reach out and try new things is important, especially as a beginning teacher. I often see teachers get stuck in one certain way of teaching. Its important for me to set good habits and always challenge my students. Even if this video teach fails, it will still serve as a good interest assessment tool I could use for other classes. I want to keep my students engaged and I can do this by tending to their interests.

Observations!

Observations of classrooms within Awesome High has begun for us interns! So far I have witnessed two teachers in action and have had an outstanding teaching and a mediocre teacher. Classroom management were notable problems in the class. This leads me to believe that classroom structure is extremely vital in creating an effective and SAFE learning environment. I can’t wait to see more!

My first thoughts about the block experi

Into the second week at Awesome highschool and I’m enjoying it so far. I am quite impressed with the amount of support from the professor and my small class size. This intimate internship should provide an invaluable amount of knowledge and experience to becoming a teacher. I really look forward to getting more involved in the classroom. That will be a much more defining moment and only then a better assessment of my experience here, at Akins, can be made. I look forward to meeting my cooperating teacher and observations.