OBSERVATION & MENTORING

OBSERVATIONS

HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM USED LAPTOPS TO FIND CURRENT EVENTS DISCUSSED THE ANNIVERSARY OF JFK AND VIEWED A SLIDE SHOW OF A VARIETY OF PICTURES THOUGHT OUT THAT WEEK SMART BOARD BEING USED TO PLAY A REVIEW GAME BEFORE A TEST

MIDDLE SCHOOL 6 TH GRADE READING USING SMART BOARD TO DISPLAY THE DAYS VOCABULARY WORDS LAPTOPS USED TO FIND DEFINITION OF WORDS LAPTOPS USED TO VIEW MAGAZINE AND LISTEN TOO LESSON READ ALOUD TO STUDENTS USING CD; PROJECTED ON SMART BOARD USED LAPTOPS TO FIND RESEARCH CREATED A WORD DOCUMENT WITH SUMMARY OF RESEARCH FOUND

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IS USED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PUSH TO ENCOURAGE MORE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMS.

Done with 3 teachers in the Elementary Worked on downloading their lesson plans to the shared drive Using You Tube in the Classroom Creating Smart Board Lessons

WHEN I WAS MENTORING SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS I WAS ABLE TO SHOW THEM SOME SIMPLE TOOLS THEY CAN USE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS (SMART BOARD AND YOU TUBE). THEY WERE AMAZED HOW EASY THOSE TWO TOOLS ARE. I HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CLASSROOM SINCE THEN AND HAVE SEEN THEM USING THE RESOURCES MORE FREQUENTLY; THEY ARE EVEN JUMPING WITH JOY BECAUSE THEY CAN FIGURE MOST OF IT OUT ON THEIR OWN NOW!