Ok. So the iRLO is going to be crazy. I better prepare myself. Plan on coming in after class to work on the project. It is going to be a rough ride.
The group today made a sliderocket presentation on chapter 4. They used the cool Polleverywhere.com website to take an in class poll. I liked this scenario they used about the farmer having the old tools. This was controversial for me. I like the use of old tools and going back to when life was simpler. In the same respect, I have to keep up with the times because children don’t necessarily share my beliefs. Doing things with older tools is important but not always the best for the classroom. But a student will always need to know how to write with pen and paper.
Now how did the group do overall? They did a great job of student to student interaction. The polling allowed the presentation to be interactive. They said it wasn’t easy at first, but what truly is ever easy. They did end the presentation on a question to consider instead of just saying “Ok… we are done”. We need to remember to do wait time. Their longest wait time was 4 seconds. It felt like forever even being a spectator, so I can’t imagine how long it must have felt for them. Ten seconds self. REMEMBER TO WAIT TEN SECONDS! Remember to ask students for when they are sharing:
Who wants to answer the question first?
What are your thoughts?
Point out a student to answer the question first.
You really have to consider how to ask the question and what you want them to answer. They walked around to check to make sure we were all getting to the right place. Work on word choice for the scenario. Make sure that what you are comparing to teaching is valid in all respects.
The iRLO is going to basically be a video game for my students. And interactive game that the students can use to help enforce what I am teaching. It is supposed to be specified for a single student and meet specific standards. Look on the requirements to figure out how to do it.
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