% and self study using IT
Grade 8;
Class
setting: Group;
Mode of
learning: Flip the class ;
Lesson
on: Percentage
Website
to be used: www.aaamath.com;
Drill
work: Textbook
The
students worked in groups with their laptops. The school had free WiFi.
As the
students often ran in panting with "My battery is about to die" or
"Net is working", thereby completely ruining the lesson, I had told
them in advance, "Have battery back up for 40 Minutes and WiFi functional.
Else you work through the textbook".
I never
had any tech issues...such is the (un) popularity of textbooks!
- Clear instructions to the
students
- Name of the site emailed to
them
- Modules to be covered
circled
- The content is clear on the
site to be learnt
- Try the quiz and practice it
till you are confident
- Work on the textbook
problems
- Come for an assessment when
you are ready.
Picture
perfect lesson...right?
I mean how can it be bettered (!) ... I am a genius
teacher...were the thoughts in my head. And of course the class was SO quiet.
IN an IB school where 1 kid is as good as 5...this was a dream come true. I was
building SO many skills.
Take a bow.
- They learn independence
- Time saver
- Organization skill
- Comprehension skills
- Self-learning
- Problem solving in math
- Self-paced learning
I should
get an award right?
Till...1
voice squeaked, "I just cannot do this! Give me the textbook".
Harshly
woken up from my dreams of fame I was and I wondered who is this rude
pipsqueak, when I saw the kid, tears streaming from his eyes. And he said,
"I can't do this!". And I found my lesson shattered and failed.
And all
kids stopped working as they waited for the 'Dracula' teacher to be mean!
So what
happened?
As you
can see:
The site
is very text heavy- The kid was dyslexic. It has bright colours - He was ADHD
and could not focus.
I fought
my ego, for after all I made a brilliant lesson...and the ego lost. I swallowed
the humble pie and handed the kid the textbook. Scooted next to him and helped
him through the very traditional way. The class went back to work.
The kid came back to normal from his panic attack. I started breathing
again.
So what
did I learn?
- Don't call a lesson perfect
till it is over!
- There is no perfect strategy
- Flip the class is not an
ideal for all
- Plan...and be detached. Be
ready to drop the plan and adapt.
I
suppose at least my learning was perfect!
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