Exercise 2.1A

I would like to do a warm-up exercise where everyone sits in a circle facing each other. Everyone takes a turn saying her name. I throw a ball to someone. That person says the name of the person they caught the ball from and then the name of the person they are going to throw it to. If they call the wrong name they go to the middle until someone else replaces them. I think this would work without almost all learning styles except perhaps the visual learner. I couldn't think of one that included all learnering styles.

Exercise 1.5

I attended a very strict private school. It was very religious and intolerant of other cultures and faiths. There were very small classes. My graduating class had 23 people. I remember hating school and thinking it was a waste of my time. I am a very liberal person and hated the environment. My teachers all seemed to be very undereducated. I loved to correct handouts in red ink and return them. I often got in trouble for this and had to write chapters of Proverbs. Students fell into one of two categories: rebellious or blind follower. I thought that high school was a waste of time and thought I could do a better job teaching the classes myself. I would like to forget my chemistry class and the old bag that taught it. She could not stand me because I was "full of sin." She said I was going to hell because I asked questions about science that did not fit into her biblical interpretation. Knowledge was not important, only blind acceptance. I felt pressured to be average. It was not favorable to be a hard worker or too inquisitive. I spent MANY hours after school writing from the bible.

I liked the jeopardy game we made. I think I would use it in my classroom. I used different books that I would like to teach as the catagories and used basic content information for the q/a. I think I would like to use it compare and contrast authors and genreas. I think that students would find playing the game much more fun than typical review methods. I think I may try having students create their own game to share with the class.

Podcast

I was surprised to think of so many different uses for podcasting in a classroom setting. I think there are so many options made available to students and teachers by using podcasts. I like the idea of students being able to review lessons by listening to the podcasts. I think that in a special ed classroom this would be valuable. Some students are auditory learners, this will give them a chance review information in the way that will best serve them. I hope to get quicker at making podcasts.