Week 2 comments

525 Week 2


Sorry, but I don’t quite understand what we are suppose to comment on. It says compare and contrast available electronic student response technology tools , but there are no links to find information. So I found a great article at  http://its.uiowa.edu/support/srs/teaching.shtml about how to use student response systems and another article at http://people.uncw.edu/lowery/swssa%20ms.pdf  that tells about the different response systems there are out there. Then we are to post a reflection to our blog for each of the strategies studied this week so that means for Chapters 1-2-3?

Actually I posted that last week, but will comment further.
Objectives - I have a hard time with this, sometimes I just want students to know something because I think it is interesting, but we can no longer function that way. We need to being using our school time to teach to the Common Core Standards or we won't have a job. That said, work backward from your essential questions to find your objective. I like the organizers, but I don't know if I have the skill to set one up. Of course we can always do a simple KLW. No more the days of thinking up a lesson the night before class, this has to become a concentrated effort to plan and organize information.
Feedback - It can make or break a relationship teacher/student ,boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife. Corrective, timely, and specific No more "Good Job". Even when I was raising my son, when I truly wanted to give corrective and timely feedback, sometimes I would just resort to "Great". Feedback has to be thought out. It has to be specific to the task being done. It has to be said in a manner that the student will understand and appreciate, or at least think about.
Recognition - Sometimes in class I give "better"candy to those that do a "good" job. All the class gets candy but the ones that have completed the assignment correctly get more or bigger candy. For librarians it is sometimes hard to motivate students as often there are no grades. So recognition of those that actually do the assignment is important. I do like to walk around the room, if I can during a lesson, and make individual comments to students that I feel are understanding and doing what they are suppose to be doing. We have recently at out school started posting student's multimedia presentations on the school web site for taxpayers, and relatives, to view. What a great motivation for students. Also I handed out a certificate this year to all students that never had an over due book all year. That little recognition made their day.