There are so many strange things about the class I’m teaching this semester. Of course the teacher being strange is a given. Next is that I have four students. But that part is actually an awesome strange.
The strangest part is actually the room I’m teaching in. It has a TV with a VCR/DVD player. So that’s nice. But then it has a sink, with no paper towels so I’m not sure what to do with that. And it has an overhead projector. And that’s the limit of the technology in the room. Welcome to the 21st century folks! :computer:
There are white boards and I do have the cool clicky whiteboard markers. But me scribbling on a board is going to get real old real fast. Although I am quite good at it. I had to take a class on board writing in college. It wasn’t a whole class, but we did have to pass it off in three main handwriting styles.
So we’ve had to be a little creative.
The department has a small computer projector and so I’ve been loaned that for the semester. And I have my netbook. But then the trouble is getting everything situated right so my students and I don’t feel like we’re sitting front row at a movie theater.
Today I figured out how to use the overhead though!
The cart the overhead sits on works as a great extension cord to the middle of the room. Then I can set my computer and the projector on top of the overhead. And from that point in the class the projection is just the right size.
Brilliant! If I do say so myself.
I’ll let you know when I figure out what to do with the sink.
I am an educator and PhD. I quilt, belly dance, run, read, and try to grow things. I am a Mormon. I am infertile. I am a daughter, sister, aunt, grand-daughter, friend, wife, and mom.
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While cleaning out all the articles I’ve saved over the last year to “read later” I found this one from NPR:
Teach Naked: Dean Urges Tech-Free Classes :computer:
Perhaps that’s why there is the technology (or lack thereof) in my classroom. Someone’s just trying out a new teaching reform and forgot to tell me.
I’m so old that I never even liked to use the overhead. I liked using sock puppets my self. But then I wasn’t the normal kind of teacher. :apple: :tractor:
I did use a sink though. Messy projects are always more fun. And so what if you don’t have paper towles, brings some old rags for home. Come on now, you are my daughter after all. 😀
I’ve seen overheads used well and I’ve seen them used poorly. The poorly used ones are just bad. They have their place, but they aren’t the answer to everything.
Most things that are poorly used “are just bad”. 😉
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