This has been a very busy non learning week in my classroom.
How effective were your actions in helping you meet your goals?
I have been working hard to incorporate different technology into my current lesson plans. I had plan on starting a blog journal with my students this week but because of intense behavior problems that did not happen. I have been talking with a co-worker about how I could use blogs in my my classroom. But the classes we had plan on taking are not really happening at this time. So I have only been collaborating with one other teacher about ideas for different lessons and what I am doing in this class.
What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?
I have learned that it is pretty easy to add technology to all lessons. Thinking outside the box of what has already been done makes my lessons interesting and my students retain the information better. I am excited to add the new lessons that we will be writing in the next few weeks to my current plans.
What do you still have to learn? What new questions have arisen?
I think the learning will be on going. There are always programs and activities that will be coming up that I will need to practice with so I can use them successfully with my students. One of the biggest questions that plays on my mind is how to continue with the elaborate technology plans when the behavior in my classroom stops us from finishing any activity and at some points stops all teaching for hours on in.
How will you adjust your plan to fit your current needs?
I feel that I need to focus more on adding technology to my curriculum and continue talking with the one co-worker. I don't believe focusing on the classes that I had plan to take is a realistic goal at this time. There are just so many things going on and the amount of focus I need to put into this class and the behavior of my students is to great.
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ReplyDeleteDanika you have made a very realistic approach to the implementation of your game plan, as you realize that there is so much going on that you will not be very effective in carrying out the things you have in mind.
Despite all of what is happening around you, it is a good thing to continue to dialog with your co-worker and look at options for implementing technology in your school. I also think that you should try to plan to have at least one PBL activity per semester to start with at first and then to build on that as you fell the pressures of everything else waining.
The most important thing is not to allow your self to be stressed as PBL if planned correctly will place more emphasis on the students involvement in the learning process and your responsibility will be to facilitate the learning.
You do however have some great ideas so follow through with them and you will continue to grow in ability to set up PBL activities.