Ahoy there mates!
Here goes my initial attempt at blogging. I'll try not to whine although that is what my human side wants very much to do. Honestly, I am in the same boat as the rest of you...a sinking ship. Somebody, please throw me a life jacket! Trying to create a Google account alone resulted in 200 more silver hairs on my head. (I like the sound of silver better than gray. It sounds treasure-like.) That's better than pulling them all out, don't you think? I also feel like a fish out of water when it comes to computer technology. But then, if I truly was a fish I wouldn't have the already mentioned sinking feeling. SOS! Enough of that nonsense! Here goes my positive story. (:-)
I tried a new plan for teaching the history of healthcare this semester that I want to share with you. My three Introduction A classes enjoyed making timelines of the history of healthcare. Students had a lot of fexibility with this project. Each class was divided into eight groups and each group was assigned a time period to research. Given art supplies, the students were required to include the title, dates, life expectancy, and important events and people for their time period. They created and labeled gingerbread-like men and women to represent important people. They drew scrolls, clouds, and other shapes in which to write important events. Some got creative drawing a sword or a mummy to represent their time period. All these small pieces were assembled on a very long sheet of bright paper. Once the layout was complete we glued it all down and drew dividing lines between time periods. We displayed the finished time lines (all three of them) in the classroom.
Next I had a gallery tour handout for them. They completed the handout while viewing the timelines. This way they learned about each time period. All the timelines were displayed for a week. Finally I had my Intro. B students choose the best selections from the three time lines, one for each time period. We cut the timelines apart and assembled the best together in a new timeline. It is now laminated and displayed in our classroom. My students are very proud of their work and learned much more through this activity than any lecture could have offered them.
Additionally, my students each researched a different person in medical history, wrote a paper about that individual, and then presented their findings to the class. Tomorrow my students are watching the video, "Greatest Discoveries in Medicine," which will reinforce many of the people and events they researched.
While I don't always feel good about my lesson plans and activities, based on my students' reactions, I feel this unit was a success.
Catch you all later,
Chicken of the sea,
Joyce
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FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).
This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!
Blog Post - Week 7
This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6
For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5
This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4
Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3
Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2
Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1
Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?
3 comments:
I hope the few extra "silver" hairs were worth making your first foray into blogging possible.
Thanks for sharing an example of "Best Practices". What an awesome activity. Your methodology in designing this instruction exemplifies a Constructivist Approach to learning. For those of you interested in learning more about this approach to learning-- copy and paste this link into your browser window--
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~elmurphy/emurphy/cle2b.html
Joyce, my students have created time lines before but I love the idea of dividing the time periods up. I will definitely use this next year. And I am going to "borrow" your gallery tour idea as well.
Congratulations Joyce. I am glad you have found an activity that works well for you and the particular unit you were teaching. In addition, congratulations on your first blog. For a fish out of water you seemed to have picked up the internet short-hand. :-)
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