While this blog was mainly created for my scientific observations and discussion questions to course readings, I will also discuss and reflect upon our class instructions. For me, being a future teacher, it is important to reflect upon what we do in class so I can incorporate it into my future classroom.
On the first day of our class, Dr. Ludmila Smirnova had us first create name-tags so we would get to know the names around us. This was a great idea because there was not much time to introduce everyone to the class one by one. On these name-tags we also did an ice breaker activity. We wrote down one name of a science teacher we had during elementary school, three adjectives that describe science, and our definition of learning. After completing this, we shared our answers in our group of four then we created a team name to show that this class is all about team work and helping each other out.
I enjoyed this ice breaker activity in many different ways. It was a great way to get to know about our group, as well as having a bonding experience with sharing our thoughts and sometimes having similar responses. Creating team names had our class becoming creative while working together as a team. I will definitely use this idea in my future classroom to have my students create a bond and so that I will get to know everyones names a little faster by reading their name tags.
The weather lately has been crazy! In Newburgh, NY there has been many blizzards and an ice storm leading to two consecutive snow days for Mount Saint Mary College last week. Since our class is so technologically advanced, we had the opportunity to have a virtual classroom so we didn't have to miss classtime. This was a great experience for me to have. It kept our class up to date with our lessons and we didn't fall behind like all of my other classes.
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