I really enjoyed todays lesson where students either worked on research (for those that were not there for the previous lesson) or worked on creating a digital poster through Glogster.
The class was consisted of about four of five students today. Two of which worked on a digital poster and the others on their research.
The research, as I am finding out, is not an issue when clarification on questions and instructions are given clearly. The only issue I had with today's lesson was one student consistently going off the desired website or wasting his time by searching random codes of lettering. Multiple times throughout the lesson I had to ask him how what he was doing related to his search on vegetables and ask him what new information he had found for me. I tried to keep in him on target with open ended questions and leading him back with encouragement rather than simply telling him he needed to quit what he was doing. This seemed to work as he got closer to finishing and grew intrigued by the idea of creating a digital poster.
The two students that continued their work from the previous lesson were greatly enjoying the idea of the poster. They were adding different cartoon features and asking questions on how to do different things such as videos etc. It showed that they were truly interested in the topic at hand and creating something fun to show off to the community.
From this lesson I do believe it would be easier to group students based upon where they are in the lesson. While it was a small group, having them split up across the room made it more difficult for me to see what everyone was doing at all times. In such cases as the student who was consistently off hand with his research it is important to be able to see where he is and how to get him on target again. By being across the room I cannot do so when helping another student. However, for the first lesson with two students this worked out well.
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