What was the moment or moment(s) this past week when you felt most connected, engaged, or affirmed as a teacher - the moment you said to yourself, "This is what being a teacher is really all about"?
The light bulb moment with me this past week that let me know this is what teaching is all about is when one of my classes was so excited about playing the Kahoot it game.
Those students was extremely excited, I laughed out loud with joy because they were trying so hard to be competitive with each other, glad to see their name in the top five, and amazed at how much they remembered over the past few weeks.
For me, I realized that this struggle is truly paying off. They are retaining information and enjoying it along the way.
I had another moment, when the students were presenting their presentation and one group truly nailed it, the PowerPoint, the oral presentation, eye contact, volume and how the whole class participated in the discussion.
I could barely contain myself!! I had a great 2 days with that class...
I used a Kahoot.it game, too, and I noticed that even kids that kind of zone out were really involved in the class. The Friday before we left for Labor Day weekend, I made a Kahoot that had about half questions I would use in my class for review, a few more general knowledge questions (like state capitals, names of continents, math questions, etc.) and then some fun questions... like what does the teacher like to be called (Mr. Awesome, Mr. Amazing, Mr. Super-Awesome, Mr. Super-Amazing... with all answers being correct) just to get them laughing.
ReplyDeleteKahoot is certainly an asset that the kids respond to.