Last summer class reflections

I really enjoyed class today. It was great to hear from former SMACers about actually teaching and their experiences. As useful as it was hearing about how they each used technology in the classroom, it was just as useful for me to hear from them about some other issues related to teaching such as the finding jobs and the interview process, teacher unions and getting grants for the classroom. I think we would have benefitted from having more classes like this throughout the summer. I also enjoyed our conversation about the reading and cell phone use, even if I was counting the seconds until the summer term was over. Regarding cell phones I’m curious to learn more about that the cell phone clicker program that one of the former SMACers was talking about. I remember using a similar technology in college, and actually hated using it, but I always had to use them in giant lectures with hundreds of students. I can see how they could be more engaging in an averaged size high school class. Also I think students would enjoy using their cell phones in class for academic purposes. However, I also think students would abuse the ability to use cell phones in the classroom. But now that summer term is over I’m going to stop thinking so much about school and spend some quality time relaxing, although I cannot wait to get to my placement at Thurston. Have a great month off everyone, see you soon.