Blog Entry 1

For my service placement, I've decided to volunteer in Audra Call's classroom.  Since it is the end of the year Mrs. Call has mostly been teaching history which is good since my plan is to be a history teacher.  Mrs. Call introduces the topics, teaches them a little, has them watch some videos, organizes activities for them to do, and then reviews what they've learned with them.  It seems to me that she acts as their teacher but also, sometimes, just as their facilitator.

Each student connects to different elements of the lesson.  Some students prefer videos and that's how they learn, other students learn better from reading and writing, and some students learn best from what the teacher says.  Mrs. Call is good at using different learning styles to make sure different students understand the concepts.  But even with all the different learning techniques, there are still different levels of student retention and understanding.