Slap Out: Project 16

SLAP OUT PROJECT 16

References

Anna Meitzler's Class Blog

-meitzlerannaedm310.blogspot.com

MacKenzie Yancey's Class Blog

-yanceymackenzieedm310.blogspot.com

Evan Grace's Class Blog

-graceevanedm310.blogspot.com

EDM 310 Class Blog

-edm310.blogspot.com

Anna Meitzler's Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgbht4vTR318wv8HJjflfug

MacKenzie Yancey's Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBl6p7OOrxvvz8G9PhcJGjg

Evan Grace's Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBA3_i240YQx8iETrokKs9g

Evan Grace

Evan

Age: 20

relation: Me

Sheila Gaither

Age: Not nice to

ask a woman's

age.

relation: Mom

MacKenzie Yancey

Meet The Group Members

The Importance of Self Reflection (Group Text)

Evan Grace

Austin "Nephew" 7 years of age

Gage "Cousin" 23 Years of age

Madison "Neice" 8 Years of Age

Destin "Neice" 4 Years of Age

Anna Meitzler

I am a Secondary Education General Science major at the University of South Alabama. I am originally from Prattville, Alabama. I enjoy watching netflix playing video games, and swimming in my off time. Growing up I have always wanted to be a "scientist" what I did not know is that I would enjoy teaching others how to be one.

I am a Special Education major at the University of South Alabama. I am from Jackson, Alabama. I really enjoy the outdoors and spending time with my family and friends. I have always had a passion for children with special needs, and as a freshman in college I decided to make a career out of it.

MacKenzie Yancey

Book Trailer

We feel that self reflection is important because it allows the person to become more self - conscious. What we mean by self - conscious is that you are more aware of your actions. We have learned that it is better to learn from other's mistakes rather than make them ourselves. If you make those mistakes on your own though ,and can reflect on what happened, it will have a stronger prescence when the situation happens again.

I am a Secondary Education Mathematics major at the University of South Alabama. I am from Pensacola Florida. I enjoy the beach, longboarding, and rockclimbing. I want to be a teacher because I believe that with the right motivation every student can surpass expectations.

Anna Meitzler

Jay Meitzler "Dad" 49 years of age

Chase Meitzler "Brother" 24 years of age

Kim Meitzler "Mom" 47 years of age

Book Review

Blog Posts

Questions Anyone?

What do we need to know about asking questions to be an effective teacher? That is a great question. Honestly until I did a little bit of research on the subject I had absolutely no idea. Questions are one of the most important parts of teaching; but how do we ask a question in a way that it engages the students(encouraging critical thinkers)as well as testing their understanding of the subject. Here are a few ways to do just that:

Open-ended Question: We need to make sure we are asking questions that don't simply require yes or no answers. "A closed-ended question structures the response for the student and it can be answered by one word, such as yes or no, or by a very brief phrase. An open-ended question, however, leaves the form of the answer up to the person who is responding. Thereby eliciting more thinking and yielding more information." An open-ended question requires the student to actually think, be creative, and use logic. This is a step in the right direction to train critical thinkers.

Plan Ahead: "When you write out a question, you can make it clearer … not just the wording, but clearer conceptually." A confusing question does no good. If anything, it diminishes the situation. By planning your questions ahead of time, you prevent the confusion of whether the student is having difficulty with understanding the question or the concept being taught. A teacher I had in high school used to say "Prior planning prevents poor performance."

Structure: Ask a question, then call on a student. According to The Right Way to Ask Questions in the Classroom this was researched by Mary Budd Rowe. It has shown to be very effective in that it gives students time to think about an answer. They don't just automatically ignore the question because they did not get called on.

"Think Time": This follows along with number 3. I watched a video titled Divergent Questioning in 8th Grade Math. He had one particular concept that stuck out to me called "Think time". After he asks a question he holds up his fist for an appropriate amount of time and then proceeds to open his fist. During the time in which his fist is closed the students must think about the question and develop an answer. As soon as he opens his fist, then and only then are students allowed to raise their hands. This makes thinking time available for students who don't know the answer right away. When a teacher asks a question and someone immediately raises their hand, most likely every other student in that classroom stops thinking about an answer. In their mind, they believe someone already knows the answer. Therefore, why should they even bother. It's intimidating! I like this concept because it creates a level playing field.

Explain Your Reasoning:Why? You should ask the student how they came to that conclusion. Whether it is right or wrong, ask why. By asking them to defend their answer this will convey their logic to everyone in the class. I cannot tell you how many times I have been in a class, especially math, when the teacher asks a question, someone answers it, the teacher says "Correct!" and I am left thinking "Wait! What? How did they get that!?" Just because one student understands something does not mean everyone else does. Even if the student answers wrong if you ask them to explain their answer it gives them the chance to realize the flaw and correct it. Getting a student to fight for their answer instills passion without them even knowing it.

"Does everyone understand?" is no longer an acceptable question for teachers. "Yes or No" is no longer an acceptable response from students. Why?, because now you are informed and know how to get the most out of the question you were already going to ask

By: MacKenzie Yancey

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

Blog Post # 7 is about Randy Pausch's Last Lecture. We find out that he is sadly about to die, but he would like to pass on some very helpful tips. What I have learned from Pausch's lecture, about teaching and learning, is to never give up. Make goals like he did, but do not back down until you have achieved them. For example one of his goals was to become an NFL player. Pausch could not achieve that goal because of physical limits, but he still learned from it. It could be helpful in the classroom, say you have a student who just refuses to learn. As the teacher you cannot make the student learn, but learn from the situation. That way you can takes steps in the future to avoid it.

Another topic I would like to bring up is a term called "head-faking". This means to fake a student out by making them learn something then the student finding out they learned something completely different. To me this goes in hand with Dr. Strange's use of the term "burp - back". I think if a teacher could master the art of "head - faking" they would avoid having a "burp - back class.

By: Evan Grace

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Reveloution!

I think we can learn from Sir Ken Robinson two primary issues with our education system and a fundamentally innovative way to combat those issues. He discusses a new climate crisis-misuse of human resources/talents. He states that there are two types of people in this world: those that endure instead of enjoy and those who love what they do and identify themselves by their profession. Education should foster that love for what they do, but often times it doesn't. We have to go looking for human resources like natural resources. To do this, we don't need to reform a broken system, we need to revolutionize a transformed system. The first challenge is linearity. We need to challenge what is obvious and what we take for granted. He read a quote from Abraham Lincoln stating we must, "...rise with the occassion...and disenthrall from linearity." We set our children up for following a straight line to "get to college". Life is organic, according to Sir Ken Robinson, and we need to use our talents in circumstances to function. He gave an anecdote of a boy who wanted to be a firefighter. He had a teacher tell him he was wasting his life with that career choice. The student later saved the teacher and the teacher's wife's life. He made the statement, "Human communities depend on a diversity of talents." We place this sense of urgency to get to college, but it isn't urgent. He also commented on the need to reconstitute ability--college does not start in kindergarten, kindergarten starts in kindergarten. Conformity is the next pressing issue. He states that we have built the education system like a fast food chain. It is standardized and depleting the students' spirit and innovation. We need to foster passion, what excites us, and what feeds our spirit. Sir Ken Robinson made the analgoy of needing to move our education system from an industrialized/manufactured model based on conformity and linearity to an agricultural based model where like a farmer, we need to create conditions for human flourishing. We need to customize and personalize our system/teachings to the people we are actually teaching. He ended the talk with a poem encouraging us to tread softly on children's dreams.

By: Anna Meitzler

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