Week 3- Getting Better at this!

Reflection 3

Lecture/ Cautions with the internet:

I couldn’t help but feeling a bit depressed after leaving the lecture on August 31,
2010. I was overwhelmed about all the dangers that were brought to my attention
in regards to internet use, in-particular dangers for children. I always knew dangers
existed and that we all needed to be cautious when disclosing information on the
internet but I suppose I hadn’t really ponder all the dangers with bulling that can
occur on the internet these days.

Work Shop/ Games:

Design Process- getting your students to design their own game! How cool is this
idea?! Today we designed jumping frogs from cardboard, sticky tape, a picture of a
fog and a rubber band. The idea of the activity was to use all the materials provided
and make the frog jump. We were to record our process along the way and then
analyse at the end.

We also designed are own quizzes and activities with a website called: quai.com/
web. I designed a quiz about reality TV stars and a cloze about the beach…it was
Awesome! I think this could be a great activity in the classroom. It would promote
creativity, higher the level of thinking about a particular subject and encourage
participation.

Being politically correct… a phrase that is passing through my mind more and
more these days. Even with the game hangman… It never occurred to me that
this could be politically incorrect but now that it has been brought to my attention
I definitely understand how it could be interrupted with negative connotations.