Webb of Thoughts

This was a message shared with me by a classmate of mine who is currently doing her internship. I know she is not the only one to encounter this, as I have myself.
“I am part way through marking a grade 10 assignment (began with measuring a pop can, ended with finding the cost of producing a certain amount of aluminum) that my class had to do that incorporated everything from the last unit they learned, and the lack of effort put into this is blowing my mind. {[..]

I’m currently 7 weeks into my student teaching.   Recently, I have drastically changed things in my classroom. My classroom used to look like the classroom I had when I was a high school student.  Students would sit in their desks and take notes (maybe) as I stood up front speaking to them or worked through a problem on the board.  A few students would give me their undivided attention and build a decent understanding of the concept.  A few students wouldn’t [...]

I’m only six weeks into my student teaching and I’m slowly starting to get the feel of how a classroom works.  I am starting to better understand what to expect in different situations, although there always seems to be something that surprises me. However, there is one constant I have found in every class.  No matter what we are working on, one question will always be asked a number of times: “Is this right?” It’s  a simple yes or no [...]

This semester is my internship semester. Instead of having any classes, every final year education student goes out and teaches under the supervision of a cooperating teacher at a school, gaining experience in front of a classroom and putting to test the countless ideas, theories and methods we have been introduced to so far. Usually, we are placed somewhere within Saskatchewan. However, a unique opportunity came my way after a conversation with Alec Couros (@courosa) who is a professor at [...]