Class today was so exciting. It was definitely a great experience to be one of the first groups of people to work in the Brandon Center. I really enjoyed working with the different librarians and very thankful that they all took time out of their schedules to come and work with us. It was definitely very useful to have them there and I know that we all appreciated it very much.
I especially enjoyed working with Rachel, who met with our group today. She had so much to offer and showed us SO many resources that helped while we were preparing our lesson plan for the Japan earthquake. One of the most interesting things that Rachel showed us was about google and how to incorporate google into the classroom. She made a great comparison about google in the classroom. She said that google is like sex-ed; students are going to be using it no matter what so you should teach them how to use it responsibly. I think that is a great point. There are some things that you cannot stop students from doing no matter what so you might as well embrace it and teach students how to incorporate it the right way into their learning is key.
We also talked a lot about the use of primary sources in our lesson plans. It can be hard sometimes to incorporate primary sources into lessons, but especially for social studies, it is very important. A lot of primary sources can be boring and hard to read for students, but in the case of the Japan earthquake we found a great resource. It was a website that showed front pages of newspapers from around the world on any given day. This can be so easy and important to incorporate into lesson plans. It can help students understand the globalized world that we live in. This was a really great class and hopefully we can visit the Brandon Center again soon!
Glad it was a productive morning! Rachel really enjoyed working with you guys!
ReplyDeleteI was really excited that we were one of the first ones into the Brandon Center!! It was really a great experience. I felt extremely lucky to be able to use the great facilities.
ReplyDeleteI also thought Rachel's quote about Google being like sex-ed was hilarious!
I was in awe of the website with the front pages of the newspapers! It was a really cool resource for primary sources for sure!
Really enjoyed working with you in a group! Glad you enjoyed the time too!
Comment about Google is true- Google with all of its options these days is kind of like Microsoft Office for our generation. Everybody needed to know it for school and jobs, and now everything is so Google centered. They are taking over the world. Not only do they have your e-mail, internet, documents, blogs, calendars, and more, but if you have an Android phone, they are in charge of that too. Soon they will have your brain!!!!
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