Service Project: Week Three

This week, I really felt like I had a clear path to follow. Most of the work is completed: I finished my storyboard and my goal was to finish the movie. I decided to use VoiceThread for my movie because it was a compilation of still images. Once I found my images and recorded my voice, I was able to record his voice. It was difficult at the beginning of this project, but now I am so glad that I
did! The more that I played with VoiceThread, the more ideas I thought of to use in my own classroom. I am so glad that I had this experience, because I feel like it made me a better teacher.

Service Project: Week Two, Part 2

After my meeting with the parent and student, they researched about their topic which is Greek mythology. Since he hadn't researched anything yet, I gave him some questions that will help guide him to finding some insightful information. I told them to basically find facts that interested him. The KWL chart that we started during our meeting helped him figure out what kinds of interesting facts he wants to include.

Once I received some information he has found, I was able to think about how we could put this into a VoiceThread. Creating the storyboard was my next challenge. When we meet on Tuesday, we will take this storyboard and put it into a movie.

Service Project: Week Two

A couple of days ago, I was able to meet with my student! He talked to his teacher, and there are not alot of guidelines for his research project about mythology. Since he has not had the chance to research yet, it was a good time to get him started in the right direction. I set up his blog, and showed his mother how to access his blog site. During the week, he will research his topic and I will be able to help him once he has more information.

Fortunately, he has siblings that are working on a research topic with other students in my class. This made it much easier because we all were able to meet them at the same time. Also, we need to create our video this weekend, but I won't be in town. One of the other college students who are working with one of his siblings, will be able to get the information we need. I am so thankful that there was someone who was able to help. As a teacher, it is so important that we rely on one another for help, because we can't all be everywhere all the time.

So, far his project is going well and I look forward to helping him create his voicethread.

Service Project: Week One

This was the first week we had information about my student and his project. It was frustrating at first because we had a hard time communicating with eachother. I was unsure what to do, so I continued to email the parent. It wasn't until monday where I was able to get a hold of the parent. I was so excited that I would be able to meet with my student tomorrow at his school. As a teacher, it is important to understand that like us, the parents are busy too. We need to accomidate for their schedules so that we can best meet the child's needs (since the child is the reason we went into teaching in the first place). Its a vital life lesson for me to learn as I grow as a future educator.