Chapter 11 Reading Reflection

I chose learning objective 2. One positive thing about the direct instruction model is that the teacher can explain everything at one time instead of individually to each student. It gives the teacher confidence that they explained the basic instruction to everyone. The structured practice phase of direct instruction gives the students a chance to practice themselves. This phase would be good for "hands on" learners. I believe that a constraint on the direct instruction model is that it doesn't give students a chance to be creative. It doesn't give them a chance to figure out how something works because the teacher is telling and showing them how it works.

Question: Under the direct instruction model the students are presented of how a concept or skill works. How would a teacher catch a student up that missed the lesson without going through the whole presentation again?

Before reading this chapter I never knew that there were this many ways to give instructions. I can use this different ways in my classroom for different lessons. Each one has its own purposes and having a choice of which one to use will only make me a better teacher.

Chapter 3 Reading Reflection

I chose learning objective 1- Discuss the Information Age of the twenty-first century and identify what knowledge is worth knowing. The way we learn has changed immensely over the last 100 years. What students learn now is more challenging and better prepares them for their future. The information age changed what people were required to know because of technology. Technology gets more complex there for learning has to be expanded. “The knowledge worth knowing in the twenty-first century, a century marked by easy access to information, includes critical thinking, problem solving and decision making”. (p.40) These are some key points that are focus on currently due to our change in technology.

This chapter focuses on a lot of things that teachers can skip over and things that don’t need to be taught anymore. I believe that a lot of the basic things that were taught many years ago are still taught today correct?

I need to be open and continually learning new things as a teacher. In the book it talked about how teachers are required to know far more to teach than they needed to know a century ago. I am nervous about being a teacher because there is so much to learn in our world. I’m afraid to be confronted with a question from a student that I do not know the answer to.

Chapter 8 Reading Reflection

I chose learning objective number 3. The preproduction phase gives students a chance to brainstorm key ideas. Making a story board in the preproduction phase is a good idea. Students can put together their ideas, practice using equipment and obtain props ect. During the production phase students collect footage while video taping with the thought in mind that they can go back and edit. Once finished editing students should put final touches together and publish the production. At last there is the postproduction phase. Students will assess their production, practice the presentation and consider if they need to distribute their work further.

How do you do a media based project in a classroom if your school doesn't have the money to afford more than one computer per classroom? It would be a long project if everyone had to take turns.

All of these phases of planning will be so helpful in a classroom situation. I didn't realize how much a preproduction phase can help children until I read about it. It will give my students a chance to think outside of the box and ask questions instead of jumping right into a project with confusion.