Anyway, I am not saying it was a total failure. I had a lot of good things included, but I just had too much. It was overloaded. I was trying to wear two hats: one of a college instructor demonstrating how I worked with my student teachers and the other as a former teacher giving them ideas they could use in their own classroom. As it turned out, what I thought was not that creative ( a simple mapping technique) was the foundation of the writing lesson. I should have stopped there and let everyone write about their shoes. Instead I went on and on and on....thus, overloading the presentation.
What did make me happy was how much some of the teachers really like my idea of having my Student teachers complete a Writing Notebook, which was really a multigenre piece by the time it was completed. Plus, it was something they could have forever to use as a reference to things that had impressed them the most during my class.
Anyway, I had some great feedback from those I greatly respect. Its just that I knew better and wish I had "overs" because being my worst critic, I wanted to end on a high note.
http://sixtraitgurus.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/how-hard-is-it-to-be-the-only-kid-who-cant-have-those-shoes/
2 comments:
I think you're being way too hard on yourself. You introduced some great ideas, and my big take away was one that I can use for whatever grade level I teach next year: using the picture books to prompt ideas about social issues and social commentary. And seriously, what room full of ladies (okay, we had one gentleman), doesn't want to talk about shoes???
Your enthusiasm was contagious, and it is so very evident that you are passionate about what you do. I wouldn't give it another thought!
I didn't get to see your demo, but the sentiment you describe has been a common trope these past weeks. Everyone says it's so nerve wracking to demo in front of teachers, even if a class full of petulant adolescents is a piece of cake. That said, I'm sure you rocked the house with your demo.
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