Field Experience

I had a great time during my field experience. I was fortunate to be in a very good classroom with disciplined students and a great mentor teacher.

The students loved the digital story. We showed it at the beginning of our 5th and final lesson. They didn't make a peep during the story. I could tell that they were really enjoying it and putting together all they had learned from the unit.

Our teacher liked the digital story as well. She is a 2nd year teacher and recently graduated from UVU so she appreciated the time and effort that it took to put together.

In the time that we were there, she did not use a lot of technology. She did use her document camera during math time. It worked really well so that she could have the students follow what she was doing. She also used her document camera when reading a story so that the class could see the pictures while she read it. The other time that she used a digital story was for the 5th grade program. The 5th grade team put together a story about the soldiers who have fought for our country in the past century. It was very moving.

Now What--I do want to change a bit of our digital story. When we finished our unit, I noticed some holes, but haven't had time to make the necessary changes. I will try to get it done before the final showing.

Overall, a VERY good experience. So, I won't be in class tomorrow. I will work on the PDP at home like you suggested. See you a week from tomorrow. :)