Week 9

Week 9:

Field Observation: Parker school offers both students and teachers with an ample amount of resources that can be found in the classroom and throughout the schools that inhibit learning.  I’ve incorporated a series of photos will allow you to check out some of the resources that are available for learning in Parker School. 

This is a picture of the Parker school computer lab where both students and teachers have access to the World Wide Web.  This computer lab has about 30 computers that are fully equipped with the internet, Microsoft Office programs that consist of PowerPoint, word, excel and one note.  This computer lab is a great way for teachers to integrate technology into their curriculum. The computers provide students with an unlimited amount of resources that promotes them to further their education while using up to date technology!

 This next picture is of the Alton B. Parker school library.  This library is fully equipped with an exorbitant amount of reading materials that include but are not limited to magazines, narratives, poems, novels, and picture books that consists of genres such as short stories, mystery, adventure, fables,! The Parker school library is a great way for students to access an ample amount of books that are all age/grade separated.  The Library offers students access to these books to take home after their weekly library special.  Students if they are up to date in the system by returning all previously checked out books are eligible to take out one book a week. This library allows teachers to take out books for read alouds and etc. so it benefits not just students but teachers as well.

Technical Skills: This week I worked on, finished and really enjoyed creating the iMovie. At first, I thought this project was going to be very difficult. But once my group and I figured out what our topic was going to be on, putting the movie together came easy. We decided that we were going to do our movie based on ELA so we came up with a script that followed that. Once we came up with our script, we were able to film our movie very quickly. After that was completed, we came back to the classroom and edited the movie on the computer. It was a lot of fun to see all the different ways the movie could be put together. There was a wide range of music, cover pages and credit pages to choose from. Once we selected all of the things we needed, we were able to put our movie together completely. We came up with a title that suited our film completely then posted it on youtube.

I think using the iMovie is a great way to get students involved because it allows the students to be able to demonstrate their knowledge on a topic. First, the teacher would choose the topic the movie would be on, whether it be math, english or science is up to the teacher. Then the students would create the script they wanted to use for the movie. Once the students agreed on their script, the teacher would film the movie. The teacher would of course be the only one using the video camera, for obvious reasons. Then the whole class would edit the movie together and put any features they wanted in the movie. I think it's a great way to have the class get together and demonstrate their knowledge in an entertaining way. I truly believe this was be a very effective way for an informal assessment on students.