Field Experience Week 3

This week in field was great!  The more I'm in the classroom the more I love it, and can't wait to be a teacher and have a class of my own.  We were able to teach several times this week (only for small increments, but it was still a great experience), and really find several ways of teaching the students about the American Revolution.  

To help the students learn more about the different Acts in the American Revolution (Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts, etc.), we divided the students into groups of 4 and then assigned each group a different Act.  We then told them 4 things they needed to look for when researching their Act.  We also told each student that we would be going to the computer lab and they would be able to look up information about their Act.  We directed them to a reliable website and showed them where they could find information about their act.  The students really enjoyed being able to work on the computers and find research for themselves.  

Another thing we did to help the students learn about the American Revolution was make a timeline and a study guide about different events and people during this time.  We then proceeded to tell the students that we would be playing Jeopardy and taking a quiz in class.  They absolutely LOVED Jeopardy!  The students really enjoyed the competitive spirit about Jeopardy and got very into the game.  Informing the students that there would a Jeopardy game also got them to study their material.  This activity was technology-integrated as well because we did the Jeopardy game on the computer, which is so much fun.  We had the real Jeopardy background and music, it was great.  

Using technology in class really excited the students and gets them more involved about the material!