I cannot believe that I am already
in my second semester of my junior year!
Beginning on January 15th, I began my Pre-Student Teaching
Observations at a Catholic School in Malvern, PA in a second grade
classroom. I am also looking forward to
student teaching in this same second grade classroom for the Fall 2015 Semester. I am fascinated that in every classroom at
this Catholic School there is a Smart Board.
Technology and the use of multimedia is definitely at an all-time high
throughout this school, and all of the teachers incorporate technology in some
way into their classroom curriculum. This past Thursday, February 5th,
both of the second grade classrooms combined for Science Lab in the
afternoon. In Science Lab, the students
learned about the Water Cycle. The
second grade teachers asked me to find an age and grade appropriate video
online to help introduce the concept of the Water Cycle to the students. The
teachers recommended that I search for the video through School Tube. I had never
heard of School Tube until my
cooperating teacher mentioned it to me.
She explained that School Tube
was the educational (appropriate) version of YouTube. She indicated that
it provides you with educational and yet sometimes motivational or fun videos
that are also school-appropriate. Now
that I know about School Tube, I will
definitely utilize this website to find videos and much more when I begin my
student teaching in the fall. This
website/search engine will allow me to find videos for my students that are
appropriate instead of constantly searching on YouTube and hoping that an appropriate one will pop-up.
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