I met my EDUC 300 for the Fall of 2021 last night. As always, I am one to get giddy about the first night of class. I did what every other teacher in America is doing right now, worrying about my content, my presentation, meeting the needs of my students and picking out my first-night-of-classes outfit. I wonder if anyone even noticed my copper leaf necklace?
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| First day of school 1993 |
I teach via Zoom and have for the last six years as part of a face-to-face yet Zoom, called asynchronous classes. I love seeing their faces and responses to my content and I need that feedback to know if I am making sense. Our first class is a lot of relationship building and telling stories and is usually a lot of fun. This class was no exception, there were wonderful stories and a fun 2 Truths and a Lie game we played that was hilarious.
We spent a part of the class in learning a tool for writing learning objectives which I call the ABCD method. A is for audience, B is for the behavior you want the students to do, C is the conditions that will provided for the students, and D is the degree of success that is expected for this objective. It is a simple and effective way to remember to cover all the bases.
Students wrote their own objectives about doing laundry. It's fun to see who the audiences will be, and often we get my husband, or my roommate, or my kids. The behaviors range from picking up the dirty clothes and putting them in a basket to washing a complex load of laundry following specific directions on a card located on the washer! All degrees of success are 100% of course, and the conditions are that there are baskets, hampers and other holding devices available for use. This is always fun to do and really gets the point across.
I am eager for the rest of the year, learning how to design a unit plan and write a good lesson plan. I have been known to say, "a well executed lesson plan is the best classroom management plan, and that all starts with a well written lesson plan!