I feel in this setting the first step in helping the new teacher is to sit down and talk with her. Let her know that I have been asked to help and get some feedback from her on what she feels may be going on in her classroom. I feel it is also important [...]
In looking through the different rubrics for Internet website evaluations, I found I liked the best is Kathy Schrock’s 5 W’s of Internet Evaluation. I liked the questions put simply, “who, what, when, where, and why.” I liked the fact that she outlined the important information to look for in a manner that would [...]
This was another interesting assignment. It took a lot more time and work than I expected, but I did indeed learn a lot. I found it difficult to get all the imformation I thought needed to be in the powerpoint down to ten slides and I found it hard to trim down the information for fear that [...]
This is a tough scenario because at first glance it appears that Toni knows the material, but is just trying to get attention. I have had students like Toni before and can be disruptive and frustrating. In the first scenario you gave, where she asks what the assignment is and it is written on [...]
My first thought is that the student obviously understands the material but does not know how to communicate it back. Test scores and participation have shown this. For me this an easy scenario, it is apparent the student has a learning disability, and as Woolfolk states, ?they can have difficulties in one or more areas, [...]
