Unit Day Seven

Today my technology failed me! For the first time, I finally experienced this and it was not pleasant! Because Mrs. Harris, my cooperating teacher had trouble with a student in one of her earlier periods, she had to talk to the Assistant Principal about that student during my lesson. For this reason,she left me by myself in the classroom. On any other day, this would have been an absolutely beautiful thing because I feel confident enough to teach on my own. Today, though, I needed her assistance in using the technology, and she was not there. Luckily, I thought quick on my feet and used the Snowball Activity as a time filler. Not only did my students enjoy the activity, but I also was able to see their reactions to the text and film. Right after the activity was completed, Mrs. Harris entered the room and assisted me with the technology so that we were able to watch 20 minute of the film. From performing the Snowball Activity, I gleaned that my students really were having thought provoking reactions to the text and movie. For this reason, I wanted to be able to finish the movie the next day even though there were technological difficulties today. In planning my lesson plan for tomorrow, I'm going to have to set aside extra time for the completion of the film because we weren't able to watch as much today.