This week the class got a new student! Many of the students
already knew him so he was able to transition, socially, pretty quickly. I
asked what he was going to do about senior project, since where he was before
did not do senior project. He is required to complete half of everything and
has an extended due date. So far, he has completed most of the early
requirements including the topic, an idea who his mentor will be, and the start
of his research.
Speaking of senior projects, the rest of the class is required
to set up a day and time for their practice presentations. Their cooperating
teacher felt it necessary that each student practiced their presentations at
least once. Most of their practice times occur after our lesson too, so,
hopefully our lesson goes well and assists them with creating their
presentations. Most of our lesson is about digital media, however, I think the
overall idea that we want to teach students is that they have a large amount of
tools at their disposal.
In addition to our lesson, their teacher also wants to
discuss attire, links and learning stretches, delivery and vocabulary.
The next day, we were around to see their morning
announcements. I love that their announcements is on a television because there
is so much you can do with that. They showed the trailer for Catching Fire, you
can see the students doing the announcements, and they can visually display
times for any upcoming events. Amanda and I also found out that in addition to
prom they have a class trip at the end of the year. After working hard on their
senior projects, I think they deserve the trip. It sounds like fun and teachers
even enjoy it.
A lot of our time was preparing for our lessons. However, we
always are willing to assist students. We went over presentation ideas with a
student who was wondering about her own. I realized we may not be able to
conduct our lesson to the other class, which saddens me a little. However,
since most of our presentation is online, our teacher can reference and utilize
with her other class. I’m excited too because I love teaching others about
stuff like this. I love YouTube and think it’s a great tool. I am glad they’re
lifting the YouTube ban for their senior projects.
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