For my service hours I went to the Special Needs Extravaganza which was three hours but counted towards my hour hours. I was fun to see and to help hang up the artwork that they have created this semester.
I thought the Talent show was so fun. It was great to see all the effort they put into the program. The best was seeing their reaction to the applause and the energy from the audience. You could just see the joy that they felt in accomplishing their part in the program. My favorite was the first performance where one of the guys got up to do his talent and they were playing the wrong version of the song that we was going to sing to. While he was on stage waiting for the song to start singing he was totally confident up there and didn't let the fact that it was the wrong thing phase him at all.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Pre and Post Tests
I think that there is a lot of value in testing students. Testing can help you tell if a student knows the material you are teaching them. While there is a value in testing I feel like you must have a purpose in testing and if you do not have purpose then you are wasting your time and your students time. You do not need to test for every little thing.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Service Hours
For my service hours I completed 4 hours and went to the Special Needs Extravaganza. It was a really cool experience. I went there early to set up. We hung up the artwork that they had worked on throughout the semester. There was also food that was set up and chairs facing the stage to get ready for the talent show.
There were a lot of people that showed up. It was a great event. I loved the talent show. Each one was able to get on stage and share one of their talents. I loved how brave there were and how happy they were when they got cheered on from the audience. There were a lot of them that decided to sing. A couple of them danced. One of them that was pretty funny was a guy who gave movie quotes.
There was another guy that did magic tricks. I loved to just see the happiness on their faces as they accomplished going up on stage and showing everyone their talent. After that they played games and they ate the little snacks. It was nice to talk to them and tell them how good they did. It was a great experience to be able to go to and support. I am so glad that I chose to go and use this activity for my service hours.
There were a lot of people that showed up. It was a great event. I loved the talent show. Each one was able to get on stage and share one of their talents. I loved how brave there were and how happy they were when they got cheered on from the audience. There were a lot of them that decided to sing. A couple of them danced. One of them that was pretty funny was a guy who gave movie quotes.
There was another guy that did magic tricks. I loved to just see the happiness on their faces as they accomplished going up on stage and showing everyone their talent. After that they played games and they ate the little snacks. It was nice to talk to them and tell them how good they did. It was a great experience to be able to go to and support. I am so glad that I chose to go and use this activity for my service hours.
Service Hours
I went to the Life Skills spotlight night and it was such a blast! I went early to help set up and all I was doing was helping display the artwork of the students. I ended up hanging rockets in the entrance which took the full hour because there was not enough scissors to go around haha. I actually had no idea that it was going to be such a fun night, there was a talent show and minute to win it games.
The talent show was beyond amazing. It was worth it just to see their faces light up on the stage and they were great performers, they really knew how to work the crowd hahaha. I especially enjoyed the two boys that danced to Michael Jackson. All of them had a really good sense of humor though.
After the show there was a transition to games where we could talk to the performers and eat some light snacks. It was fun seeing the students smiling and one of the boys came up out of no where and gave me a big hug! It made me smile and told him he sang my favorite song, (Taylor Swift: Shake it Off).
I then went to go look at the other artwork and was by the hand tree. Michael the magician was also there and wanted to tell me about the hand/leaf he decorated. He was so funny, he told me, "This hand is my life story. See here, these swirls mean that I appreciate intricate artwork, these spikes mean that I like a little bit of danger, and this one means that I like pie. Do you know what kind of pie?" The drawing he pointed at was yellow so I said, "Banana? (no) Lemon?" he then told me that he liked the 3.14 kind of pie hahaha. It was great talking to him, he had really good sense of vocabulary and a good sense of humor.
After the activity I helped clean up and then went home. I am glad that I was able to volunteer and attend this activity. It was awesome and I really liked being involved with the students. I had never been to something like that before, or really interacted with people that had mental disabilities, but it was a great experience.
The talent show was beyond amazing. It was worth it just to see their faces light up on the stage and they were great performers, they really knew how to work the crowd hahaha. I especially enjoyed the two boys that danced to Michael Jackson. All of them had a really good sense of humor though.
After the show there was a transition to games where we could talk to the performers and eat some light snacks. It was fun seeing the students smiling and one of the boys came up out of no where and gave me a big hug! It made me smile and told him he sang my favorite song, (Taylor Swift: Shake it Off).
I then went to go look at the other artwork and was by the hand tree. Michael the magician was also there and wanted to tell me about the hand/leaf he decorated. He was so funny, he told me, "This hand is my life story. See here, these swirls mean that I appreciate intricate artwork, these spikes mean that I like a little bit of danger, and this one means that I like pie. Do you know what kind of pie?" The drawing he pointed at was yellow so I said, "Banana? (no) Lemon?" he then told me that he liked the 3.14 kind of pie hahaha. It was great talking to him, he had really good sense of vocabulary and a good sense of humor.
After the activity I helped clean up and then went home. I am glad that I was able to volunteer and attend this activity. It was awesome and I really liked being involved with the students. I had never been to something like that before, or really interacted with people that had mental disabilities, but it was a great experience.
Pre and Post Assesments
What would you tell a teacher who says that doing pre and post assessments is just time wasted that could be used for instruction?
A teacher who thinks that pre and post assessments are a waste of time are probably right in their situation. A pre and post assessment has to be done with purpose. If a teacher thinks that they are a waste of time they are probably not using them correctly. To use them correctly you have to do them with purpose. If you do a pre and post assessment then your teaching should change in some way. If your teaching does not change based off of pre and post assessments, then yes they are a waste of time.
A teacher who thinks that pre and post assessments are a waste of time are probably right in their situation. A pre and post assessment has to be done with purpose. If a teacher thinks that they are a waste of time they are probably not using them correctly. To use them correctly you have to do them with purpose. If you do a pre and post assessment then your teaching should change in some way. If your teaching does not change based off of pre and post assessments, then yes they are a waste of time.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Testing
What would you tell a teacher who says that doing pre and post
assessments is just time wasted that could be used for instruction?
I think that this is a very good question. I can see where the teacher is coming from but then I can also see the benefits of both a pre and post assessment. When doing these tests you will be able to know what level the students are at before you give them instruction and then you will be able to learn how well they mastered instruction after. i think this is very important because it lets you know how well you are doing as a teacher in teaching a new concept and really helping the students learn what they are supposed to. You can make changes based on the pre assessment so you know where each student stands and you also know after the post assessment if you need to review the concept again or if there are only a few students that need help understanding the concept more.
I think that this is a very good question. I can see where the teacher is coming from but then I can also see the benefits of both a pre and post assessment. When doing these tests you will be able to know what level the students are at before you give them instruction and then you will be able to learn how well they mastered instruction after. i think this is very important because it lets you know how well you are doing as a teacher in teaching a new concept and really helping the students learn what they are supposed to. You can make changes based on the pre assessment so you know where each student stands and you also know after the post assessment if you need to review the concept again or if there are only a few students that need help understanding the concept more.
Monday, March 23, 2015
intrinsic motivation
Intrinsic motivation is the way we should live are life, that when we do something is should be based on this type of motivation. As I thought about this my mind directed me to the scriptures specially in the bible. As we all know that Jesus Christ came to mortality and with him he brought to earth a higher law which stop the practice of the lower law or Mosaic law which was base on rewards and punishment, but his higher law was based on are agency the individual choice. Now compare these laws to intrinsic motivation vs extrinsic motivation one is based of individual's motivation and other is based open doing thing based upon reward and punishment. I feel in class rooms we need to set up rewards and punishments, but that though out the year we need teach are students the importance of rules to the point were individual student will began to do things not based upon punishment and reward, but because individual understands the need choose to do it.
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