Ed 327 Reflection 5
December 4, 2012
The past few observations I have experienced with Mr. Pitcock’s class, two of the classes have been taking an exam, which has had me thinking about assessments a little bit. I know we haven’t really talked about assessments in this class, but I can’t help but think about it here because it is a definite part of what we do during the school day and year, and well we all have finals coming up soon too! Continue reading 'Reflection of the Fifth 2 Weeks at Westlane'»
ED 327 Reflection 4
November 15, 2012
Observations…
Today was an interesting one. Mr. Pitcock was spending the day in service meetings, so we had a substitute teacher Mr. Akbar. The students we engaged in project work. They had been given a project where the students had to design a plan for a town in which the town engineers had quit. Continue reading 'Reflection of the Fourth 2 Weeks at Westlane'»
ED 327 Reflection 3
October 30, 2012
In the past 3 weeks, Mr. Pitcock’s class has been busy! They had fall break, went on a camping trip and moved from their study of Earth and rocks, to energy. Their end of unit projects about the rocks all turned out well, and I think for the most part, Mr. P. was happy with their work. But conversely, I think most of the students found minerals and rocks to be a bit boring and are excited about the jump to the study of energy. Continue reading 'Reflection of the Third 2 Weeks at Westlane'»
Ed 327 Reflection 2
October 4, 2012
Observations…
Mr. Pitcock runs a very structured classroom. I am not sure if the students recognize it exactly because there is significant freedom with in that structure. Although this was something I recognized in my first impressions of him, it still manages to shock me the subsequent times I have been observing his class. Continue reading 'Reflection of the Second 2 Weeks at Westlane'»
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