I know this is really late, but it is the first time I have had to get to my blog since yesterday.
Tech Club at Morning Star was great. I think it is going to be a really great experience. Trevor and Christina from cohort 1 did a great job with their lessons that they taught.
Trevor was in charge of teaching about the universe and Christina was teaching about volcanoes. I learned a lot not only from how the kids reacted to the lesson but also from the lesson it's self. It's amazing what you forget after third grade. The kids were a bit of a challenge because they were from ages k-3rd and some of the kinder gardeners didn't even know how to read. I know that we weren't supposed to interact but I ended up helping Trevor with his second group of kids with their questionaire that they were asked to do. I directed all big questions back to Trevor and had the kids address him for anything they needed but I sat with two little boys that were having trouble trying to figure out how to read the questions. It was interesting to see how long their attention span was and what it was that kept them focused.
Trevor had a great lesson in mind, but I think because of the range of age levels, it was a little harder to have everyone concentrate on what they were supposed to be doing. Christina had a little better outcome because her volcanoes activity had the kids watch a Bill Nye video and then draw out the layers to a volcano. I thought this covered all ages well and the students were able to expand on their drawings or keep to the basics.
My partner , John Cox, and I had alot of great insight from being able to observe Trevor and Christina. Our first time teaching will be on Halloween......... all I can say is, I'm bringing candy.
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