Journal Blog 4

I thought this teacher did really well. She covered a lot of material throughout the video about the different types of birds and she was very good at volunteering bits of information that the students may not have known. I was most impressed over her stressing on the importance of citing things used for the assignments, like pictures. She told them why they needed to do so and they seemed to ask more questions about that topic because she made it a significant topic. I do not believe the girl would have asked about getting pictures on any site they wanted if she had not. I especially was impressed that the teacher brought up right after the question that a picture could not be used if the person said not to use it. I was thinking about being in that setting on film and I do not believe I would have remembered everything as she did. She thinks well on her feet.

My only negative comment is I felt her instructions could be a bit lacking and time consuming. When she was telling them what job went to what station at the beginning, I was really confused. I may have understood it better though if I had been informed they were assigned titles. When she was showing the kids how to use the handheld computers, I was amazed she used class time to explain them. I think she should have printed out instructions for each device that came with the instrument when you got it and then let the kids work in pairs to figure out how the device works for like ten minutes. If it was done like that then less time would be consumed, plus the kids would a chance to help each other. During this time the teacher should be walking around and seeing if she could be of assistance to anyone, as well as make sure they were treating the devices with proper care.