Blog Due on Friday, December 12, 2014

Humor

Read this article about infusing humor into your classroom.  It is from theGoTeach! FEA magazine.

Think about the article and some of the examples in it.  Have you ever had a teacher that made class more interesting by being funny?  Have you ever had a teacher that had a humor tumor and made things unnecessarily uncomfortable or boring?  Write about something funny that a teacher has done or said in one of your classes along the way.

Look at some of the technology sources suggested and linked in the article like Blabberize - try them out. Link one website or an APP in your blog this week that you think would be fun or humorous in a classroom.  Find a funny picture. cartoon, quote or meme with captions that would be appropriate for your site school classroom and insert the image in your blog this week.

Your blogs should reflect conversational style writing, not just answering the questions.  Your writers voice should come through on your blogs.  Check your hyperlinks and make sure they are linked.  Pictures make your blog more interesting to read.

An example of an educational meme:

Note:  Blog rubric will be used for grading.  Must have link to humor-related website or app.

Ideas for media (Link to Kallas-thenics blog, FEA magazine, sources in article.)

Blog Due on Monday, November 10

Title:  Mirror, Mirror . . .

Wow!  What at weekend.  Over 2/3 of our chapter competed in the events at the TAFE Region XI competition on Saturday, November 8.  You all did a great job and should be proud of the fact that you carried out what you set out to do.  In addition to competing, many of you were willing to jump in and help where needed.  The BCTAL group looked and acted like a class act?  I was specifically proud of the BCTAL - Birdville/Haltom chapter! As is typical with an event of this nature, some moments were hectic and stressful.  Others moments seemed to lag while waiting around for others. And, there were a few hiccups along the way.

The most difficult part is over.  Now we have to be patient and wait until Friday for the results.    In the meantime, reflect on the following and evaluate your performance!

1. In what event(s) did you compete?  OR What event did you work on in class?

2.  The planning/preparation process:  Discuss what you did to prepare for carrying out your event(s) or in-class project?  What would you do differently in the planning/preparation phase?

3.  The execution:  How did your competition go?   If completing a project, how did this come to fruition, or what needs to be done, yet?  

4.  What did you learn from this experience?  Be specific.

5.  If you were giving yourself a numerical grade on a scale from 1 - 100, what would you give yourself at this point.  Justify your score.   

6.  The next step:  If you competed, let's assume you advance to State.  What do you plan to do by Dec. 15 to improve your project?  If you worked on a project, what will be your role in finishing it.  Be very specific.

Note:  Blog rubric will be used for grading.  

Ideas for media (Link to Kallas-thenics blog, TAFE contest link, pics from Region, TAFE logo)