As it is, I am at this very moment using technology in the classroom. I am in my Teaching High School Journalism class and I just finished taking a test on the laptop. (HI! Everyone in this class with me right now. How do you guys think you did on the law quiz?) I have to wait for everyone else to finish their quizzes because we have to be here till 8:15 tonight, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to post.
I'm attempting to work on my multi-modal presentation, and it is not going as smoothly as I had hoped. I wanted to include some videos to go along with my still pictures, but unfortunately that whole Debut business is not working out so swell for me. I'm hoping that it was just my computer because I really wanted to include some of that stuff. I guess you'll all see if I succeed in class on Monday. Originally, this project had started out as something fun for me, but of course technology ruined it. I'm crossing my fingers for better luck later this week.
We talked about books that are normally included in a secondary English classroom, but I felt like I was missing out because at my school we didn't read half of those books. Fortunately I had read them on my own at my mother's suggestion. She loves to read and she was always checking out good books for me at the library. I hope that wherever I end up teaching the curriculum includes a variety of novels. It is my opinion that students will get more involved in novels than textbooks. Unfortunately though, I apparently have no say in the curriculum, which is also something we discussed in class Monday.
Well, I guess I better end this because I think almost everyone is done with their tests and we have to get back to business. I can't wait to get out of here. It's my Mom's birthday and my whole family is in town, and there is ice cream cake waiting for me at home (my favorite!!)
Stephanie
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I know what you mean about the books that are normally included in a secondary English classroom. While I did read some of them, there seems to be a lot of books that my school just never had us read, i.e. Lord of the Flies. I think what it all comes down to is teacher preference. I think most of the times the teachers teach books they are comfortable with and that they like. They will use similar texts, or texts that can teach the same thing, but maybe are not quite as popular. While there is nothing wrong with this, and it does bring some diversity when heading out in the world, it also creates some tension. The fact that we are not all on the same page (literally) in high school can cause some problems when furthering our education, and when people take for granted what students have been exposed to.
ReplyDeleteYes, I was in that class with you! It was just fabulous, wasn't it? I did like that we only did something for an hour though.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's my comment. I have nothing pertaining to intellect to add. :)