Week 6

This week we had the opportunity to two teachers who are relatively new to teaching. It was nice to listen to two teachers who are at the beginning stages of their teaching careers and have already achieved so much. Both of the teachers are pushing the limits on the way they are going about their teaching.

I really liked Kristen's "Canadian History Told By Us" assignment that she has her students do. I think this a great way to incorporate technology into the classroom and a nice way to introduce blogging in your classroom. While introducing this assignment would provide a great opportunity to talk about creating a positive digital footprint and talking about their digital literacy.

Tyler has a lot of really creative things that he does in his classroom. I think the "best word challenge" is a cool idea and is something that you could generate some good conversations in your classroom. I also like the Writers Workshop that he does in his class. I liked his idea of making a book on the stories that the students thought was their best work. His Romeo and Juliet assignment where he had the students use Instagram is an awesome way to get students excited about Shakespeare which isn't always the case.

Overall, both of these teachers have a great outlook on teaching and they both inspired me to try and push the limits with the type of assignments I create for my classroom.