Take 5 - 9/17/2006
I experimented with asking students different questions at the beginning of class. Warm-up activities that were reflections of statements I had put on a PowerPoint. In Personal Survival, I had some statements about physical fitness and health and in Sports Medicine I had a couple case studies. I was trying different methods of asking relevant and meaningful questions figuring out what would work in a class blog. The students were very receptive to the ideas. The reflections my PS class had were GREAT! They really put some effort into the activity. I know many of you do this in class already but I usually do quick quizzes, games, etc. This was something new. I also tried something new in Sports Medicine in learning ligaments and tendons of the lower leg. I gave the students an outline of the anatomy I wanted them to find. We used the computer lab and some anatomy and sports medicine websites to find everything. I am thinking about expanding on this with a scavenger hunt when we get to the anatomy of the knee. I'll let you know how it goes.
posted by A. Bradley at 1:21 PM
3 Comments:
Sounds interesting and perhaps more engaging for students. How did you have them respond to the questions - orally or in writing? Did you have them answer individually or did they discuss in groups? Just curious - trying to get a picture in my head of how it looked.
8:19 PM
I think that change is good...mixing up your short reviews with longer reflections will keep things fresh and kids excited about class. I'm interested as well to hear whether they answered orally or in writing. Writing would probably give every kid a chance to share. Maybe they could get in groups afterwards so they are challenged to share their ideas verbally as well. I'll have to try that in Biology!
10:35 AM
Sounds cool. One thing that I know Trotter does in class is to have a soft, squishy ball and have students ask a key question and then throw the ball to someone to answer it. You could start the process and then throw the ball to someone you know who "wouldn't drop it".
The key here is to have the students ask the questions.
2:34 PM
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