IPTS 1-Content Knowledge
The competent teacher understands the central concepts, methods of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines and creates learning experiences that make the content meaningful to all students.
The competent teacher understands the central concepts, methods of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines and creates learning experiences that make the content meaningful to all students.
*1L. The competent teacher facilitates learning experiences that make connections to other content areas and to life and career experiences.
Artifacts: The first artifact is a screen shot of the clues I posted on Twitter for Day 1 of the Golden Book scavenger hunt I held in the library every day during Teen Read Week. The second artifact is a photo I took showing where Book #3 (CLUE: Katniss Everdeen. Enough said.) was hidden.
Artifacts: The first artifact is a screen shot of the clues I posted on Twitter for Day 1 of the Golden Book scavenger hunt I held in the library every day during Teen Read Week. The second artifact is a photo I took showing where Book #3 (CLUE: Katniss Everdeen. Enough said.) was hidden.
Reflection
I had so much fun taking charge of the Golden Book hunt in the high school library where I student taught. What I gained from this experience is creating a learning experience for students that was also fun. Every morning, for 5 days, I hid 5 golden books and wrote clues about where to find them, which I posted on Twitter and on a printed list kept on the counter of the circulation desk. The clues required content knowledge regarding characters in novels and general knowledge about where to locate certain resources in library.
What surprised me is that I thought my clues were too obvious, yet it seemed that most of the clues stumped the participating students. For instance, one clue was "Look no further than the current U.S. president." The book was hiding with Barack Obama's autobiography in the biography section under "O." No one ever ended up finding that one and I left it hidden there for 2 days. I'm not sure what that means. Was there something confusing about the way I wrote the clue? Do they not know the current president? Or do they not know where to look for books about people? If it's the latter, then I think what I learned is that I need to do a lesson on biographies and where to locate them in the library!
I had so much fun taking charge of the Golden Book hunt in the high school library where I student taught. What I gained from this experience is creating a learning experience for students that was also fun. Every morning, for 5 days, I hid 5 golden books and wrote clues about where to find them, which I posted on Twitter and on a printed list kept on the counter of the circulation desk. The clues required content knowledge regarding characters in novels and general knowledge about where to locate certain resources in library.
What surprised me is that I thought my clues were too obvious, yet it seemed that most of the clues stumped the participating students. For instance, one clue was "Look no further than the current U.S. president." The book was hiding with Barack Obama's autobiography in the biography section under "O." No one ever ended up finding that one and I left it hidden there for 2 days. I'm not sure what that means. Was there something confusing about the way I wrote the clue? Do they not know the current president? Or do they not know where to look for books about people? If it's the latter, then I think what I learned is that I need to do a lesson on biographies and where to locate them in the library!