Skip to main content

Week 4 reflection

This week I learned a lot. I have been really enjoying reading the "pirate" book. I like the way it is organized and how easy it is to follow along.

This weeks topic was one that I have experienced in my teaching and my personal life many times, but never in the capacity of exploring it more in-depth. I think flow is something I always strive to have in my classroom, and so I don't think about it as much as I had to this week. Lately I have been subbing and it is so different to see how each teachers classroom works. Everyone has a different way things are organized and flows through out the day, that I have learned a lot working in so many different classes.

I think again it was interesting that I was able to apply my own personal experience to a week topic. I haven't had too many classes where I can look back at my own education or daily life and think about how it relates to the topic we are discussion that week. Perviously I was able to reflect on my French class verses the Spanish class.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

final reflection

At the end of this semester, think, again, about “Why games in education?”; and reflect on your experience in this course and share what is the most important take away for you. The blog is due by Sunday night (Dec. 9) Games in education make sense. I say this because in todays world students are so used to technology being engrained into their daily lives. They see their families on their phones, their teaches wear smart watches, at school their teachers use smart boards to deliver lessons. Every single day students are exposed to technology. With technology comes a need to understand it and use it effectively. This is also true in regards to technology based games. I think so often technology is used at a surface level instead of its full potential.  Games in education make school more fun. How boring is it for students to sit at their desks all day and never play a game. I remember when I was in school it was so much fun when we go...

Week 7 reflection

This week it was really interesting to find out what my player type is because I don't play video games much. It is so interesting to me that how a person plays a game can be related to how they interact with others. I had no idea these types of players existed, so it was fun to explore the different player types. In my initial post I talked about how the information from a student player quiz can play a part in classroom management and student interactions in the classroom. After this weeks readings I believe the same is still true, but I would be cautious to put too much weight on the results. It seems like something that can cause teachers to only view students who scored certain scores in a different way. I can say for myself I would see a kiddos actions differently if they scored a high percentage killer. I would be more aware of their behavior and possibly keep a better eye on them. I think this may be a problem because this test shouldn't be one that dictates how I int...