My fifth grade class had the assignment to use whatever they wanted to teach the rest of the class about homophones. I gave them examples of songs, posters, dance, poems and etc. In the presentation they were supposed to redine homophones and give us an example. We had some outstanding performances! By the end of the 12 performances everyone was clear on what a homophone is and they also could give many examples. I have a student teacher right now who will be with my class and I until December and he loves technology. (Thank Goodness) Each student in my classroom has a flash drive so we did a video of the presentations using a flip camera and then eventually downloaded that to each flash drive. For me this is very exciting to really start using technology a little more at a time in the classroom.
I really hated that I had to miss class last Wednesday night, because it is always fun to learn something new every week. I really am glad that I teach and can right back into my classroom the next day and try something new out. I was really glad that this was more technocentric than I had been in the past and it came together quite well. I really am thinking about doing a Blog for my classroom so that I could include things we do like the homophone presentations. Every week it is more of I Think I CAN!
I love reading your posts! I think it's so helpful to have someone in this class who is actually teaching and can try out the things we are learning. I really like the idea of this lesson. I think students really like "playing teacher". How did they respond to this lesson? Did they like the idea of it?
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea and goes to show - if one has really learned, they can teach "it" to someone else. Funny we don't do that more in classrooms. I don't know if it is possible or not (with privacy and permissions), but if you would like or can share one of these videos with the class that would be great. We are going to use flip videos later in class, so this would be another great idea for many in class to see and/or hear about from you!
ReplyDeleteI like reading your blogs. You have a great idea!!! I like the idea of the kids being the teacher. They love doing that. I love this idea.
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