October 28 class

I am enrolled in a graduate certificate at KSU titled Adult Students and have taken 2 classes in technology in the curriculum and tried one of the activities last night. There is a website called Kahoot.it and you can make interactive quizzes for use in the classroom or for training. I tried it last night with my class using a public quiz for MLA and citations. It was a big hit with the students. The competition was fun and they learned things about MLA citation that they didn't know. Feedback was good and I know that I will do it again.

This provides me with a place to start with my instruction of MLA format. Kahoot also provides you with a results page so you can see what questions were missed. I plan to do another one in a couple of weeks and see how they do.

I also did my Halloween fun with videos and stories. I don't think it went over as well with this class. I haven't read the stories yet so I will see.

October 22nd

The first class session went well. There was only 1 student who did not show up-I emailed him. I decided to start a class survey so I could determine the technology skills of the class so far they seem fairly tech savvy. I also started a class gratitude wiki-optional-1 student has added a comment. We did the regular introductory activities and the class seems to interact with each other fine. I gave them an in class writing assignment which took them approximately 30-40 minutes to complete. I haven't read them yet.

Overall, I felt good about how the class went and the actvities completed and assigned. The students seemed engaged and interested. There was no pushback on anything in the syllabus even the presenttion!

Opening thought

I have decided that I would like to start a blog where I reflect on my teaching at the end of each class time. I will be teaching an 8 week accelerated English composition class so I plan to blog on what went right and what went wrong in the class. I hope to use this to improve my teaching and the experience for my students.