Bridget and Kathleen did their microteaching on our solar system and space. They started with asking question of what is an astronaut? The answer was people who go up in space. Some examples were Buzz Adler and Neil Armstrong. Another question is what are the planets? and the class started to name the planets together Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Then Bridget and Kathleen showed us a game with a rocket that had questions like :What is space junk? and the answer: man made objects like camera; what is milky way? and the answer: galaxy; where do comets fly? and the answer: orbit
the sun.
Once Bridget and Kathleen's microteaching was done. Then Stephanie F. and Joyce did their microteaching.
Stephanie and Joyce's microteaching was on education and philosophy. One of the questions or phrases is when I do science with students I feel.... and the answer intimidate. Another question phrase is when think of effective teaching how to relate to philosophy? and the answer is philosophy and teaching relate together and have high correlation. A third phrase/ question is when I become a scientist... and some answer is positive attitude, creative, engaging, hands-on, and bring classroom to life. Joyce and Stephanie showed a video based on people's quotes and how to relate to philosophy and science.
After Joyce and Stephanie did their microteaching then Dr. Smirnova showed us a powerpoint on inquiry. It is important for the powerpoint to not have much text but to have lots of pictures because it is for visual learners. The prezi is a different thing then like a powerpoint. Nicole Setter showed us our prezi on Green Revolution. After Nicole showed us her prezi on Green Revolution and explained how to use prezi to the class, the class talked about the e-folio. Talked about e-folio and how there needs to be reflections for each page.
As a teacher it would be a great idea to show the students prezi and let the students use this as a presentation tool than powerpoint. It is a cool prezi site that I think the students would enjoy using to create presentations on. Prezi gives the students a more creative way to create presentations than powerpoint does and the students will have with it. The prezi allows the students to add video and pictures easier than powerpoint. I will make the suggestion to check out prezi.com and see what it is all about and see how this type of presentation is cooler than powerpoint.
I also liked the website listed below. I think this website will give the students in my class a real feel for what outer space looks like. I could show the students in my class where the planets are and the stars and this website is 3-D so it is like the students can actually see everything like the planets and stars up close. It is really cool. This website is a great way for students to learn both visually and hands-on about outer space which includes the stars and the planets and the solar system in which we live in.
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