What could possibly go wrong? Um…I don’t know, maybe everything! Being prepared is crucial when it comes to teaching. Why be prepared? this is a no brainer; making sure you don’t look like a complete moron is a big one. I have a tendency to rush through my lesson plans both in preparation and in delivery. Note to self: Be Prepared.
As a class we’re teaching other certain aspects of technology, most everybody has done activity that corresponded with their subject matter. I didn’t do an activity, and I wish I had. I can see the importance with doing activities. College students, at least in my opinion, don’t need activities, which is why there is a lot of lecturing going on in college. But Jr. high and high school students NEED teaching methods like that to initially engrain something into their brains as well as to keep them engaged and active instead of bored and not attentive.
But maybe I didn’t need an activity. We shouldn’t force something into our lesson plans because we know they will be bored. Dr. Wright puts it nicely by saying don’t do an activity for activity sake. If it fits, great, If not don’t just do it just because you need an activity.
Which brings me to my next learning point: Edutainment. This teaching method should be self-explanatory: Education combined with something entertaining. This concept isn’t anything new its been around for a long time and most of us have either been taught this way or taught this way at some point in our lives. This young generation loves this method – they are all ADD in some form or another it edutainment fits perfectly into their learning styles.
I want to start developing lesson plans now that are centered around edutainment and my students will love me for it.
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