Adventures of Week One

Week one is in the books and I have already learned so much!

The first thing we did in week one was create our own portrait of a scientist.  Everyone in the class brainstormed ideas of what they thought a scientist looked like and we each drew a scientist in action and gave him/her a name.  After we were all done, we took a walk around the room and observed everyones portraits. The first thing I noticed was that most portraits contained a male scientist. Other things that I noticed were in most portraits the scientists had spiky hair, eye goggles, chemical tubes, and a science lab coat. After we discussed everyones portraits, we then uploaded our portraits to our class slideshow.  This is a place where we can share everything we create, such as our blogs! This was a fun activity because I was able to see the similarities and differences between everyones portraits! I think it was interesting to see that although most of the portraits followed the stereotypical idea of a scientist, every portrait had something different. I think this is a great activity to do with my students because it allows students to share their thoughts on what a scientist looks like as well as see their classmates ideas! This is a great opening activity for students!

The next thing we did during week one was everyone in the class used a different tool to create a presentation to share information about ourselves with the class. The tool that I used is called EMAZE! This tool is very similar to PowerPoint, but it has 2D and 3D templates that are pre-made and ready for you to fill in! EMAZE is a fun and engaging presentation tool that is perfect for teachers to use when creating presentations for their class! Teachers could also have their students create their own EMAZE presentation to share with the class.  While watching everyone in my class present their tool the one that stood out the most to me was Kahoot!  I believe this is a very engaging and exciting activity to use in the classroom. This would be great to use as an opening activity while getting to know your students!

This week we are focusing on working in our fieldwork groups and creating our unit lesson plans! I am very excited for this journey and I cannot wait to learn more!