Virtual Classroom Observation – Cheap Research Essays

Virtual Classroom Observation
CLASSROOM OBSERVATION (90 pts.)
Week Seven’s Writing Assignment (revised 12-1-2015)

II. Option II — “Virtual” Classroom Observations Option: Comparison and Contrast Writing Assignment for Week Seven
A. Watch the four classroom observation videos below as reference points for your responses to the comparisons and contrasts questions that follow.
1. Crystal Foster’s 3rd grade math class

2. Shahla Monte’s kindergarten language arts class

3. Andre Deshotel’s Whole Brain Teaching 7th grade science class

[Andre Deshotel’s Louisiana middle schoolers demonstrate WBT’s 5 Step Lesson: Question, Answer, Exploration, Test, Critical Thinking. Also on display are a host of WBT techniques: Class-Yes, Teach-Okay, the Scoreboard, Hands and Eyes, switch, the Because Clapper, Mirror Words. Of special interest are two new, highly engaging strategies: vocab candy and disguise cream. Toward the end of the video, watch as students take over the class and teach a beat box rhythm! ]
[Here is a link to the “Whole Brain Teaching” philosophy – https://www.wholebrainteaching.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=135:whole-brain-teachers-of-america&Itemid=105.]
4. Tim Bedley’s Common Core approach to 4th and 5th grade math class (also the teacher’s responses to questions on the site.)

B. After virtually observing the four classrooms above, respond to the questions below making specific references to the video using the teacher’s names to identify each.
Which of the four teachers had the clearest presentation to the students of the learning objective of the class session? Which of the teachers had the least clear presentation to the students of the learning objective of the class session, and what would you have done to rectify that situation.?
Which of the teachers engaged most of the students’ attention about the subject, and how was this accomplished? Which of the teachers engaged the fewest of the students’ attention, and what would you have done to improve that situation?
Which of the teachers had the most reliable feedback about students’ learning during the class session, and how was this accomplished? Which of the teachers had the least reliable feedback about students’ learning during the class session, and what would you have done differently to be reasonably certain that the students were “getting” the lesson?
What are some of the “take-aways” from this assignment that you might incorporate into your own instructional practice? What are some of the things that you might avoid doing because of what you observed in these classrooms?
If you met face to face with these four teachers as their colleague, what questions would you ask them about their classes?
B. Watch the four videos below about Special Needs Learners (SNL), and in a minimum of a page discuss what you learned from them that you might apply in your own classroom if it included Special Needs Learners. [Sidebar about the code word educational inclusion from Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion_(education) .]
a. “This Special Ed Teacher’s Real-World Lessons will Inspire You | Class Act”