The Teaching Channel

In response to Mrs. Stevens' blog,


I found on the Teaching Channel website, that there are a couple of different videos that have different ways that teachers will teach specific subjects. There are two specific videos that I saw that I think would fit well with my classroom.

This first video is about how there are kinesthetic learners within the math environment. The teacher uses her students' hands in order for them to understand what they're learning with math. This helps me see that there are going to be students that will only learn with hands-on learning. Watching how effective teachers are, shows me that I have the ability to do the same things they do.

 This second video shows how teachers can avoid interruptions within their classrooms. This teacher uses something called the "3 B's" with her students so that they do not interrupt her while she is in the middle of doing guided reading, one-on-one conversation, etc. with another student. This video shows me that I could use something similar as a teacher, in order to have less interruptions within my classroom.

Humor in the Classroom!

In response to Mrs. Stevens' blog,

There are so many teachers now-a-days that will teach with humor involved in their lessons, lesson plans, or even just to say to their students to get them through the day if they're having a bad day.

With wishful thinking, I hope that every teacher tries to be somewhat humorous during their days of teaching.I, myself, try to be a little bit funny with my students by joking around with them, making noises, or even acting as a character with them from a movie or a book.

I have a teacher that always tries her hardest to be the funniest teacher she can be, whether it is sarcasm, joking around with a student, or even just trying to say something funny to lighten someone's day. This teacher just happens to be the one and only, Mrs. Stevens! There was a time in the classroom when she had tried telling us that if we got to nationals, that she would try to "twerk" for those of the students that would advance to state for TAFE competitions last school year. We all could not stop laughing. We thought it was the funniest and cutest thing ever. :)

There are some really cool APPs or websites that I found in this article from the GoTeach! magazine that could be used in a classroom to show some humor. One of the ones that I happened to like, was the Tellagami website, where the students would be able to use an animation of their own, and make the figures talk. It would definitely get the students interacted in their work, and it makes the work a little more fun. :)