a little bit of everything
Funny how we meta-talked yesterday, because today we’re going to discuss the opposite: the value of silence in the classroom.
Since today was day 3 of the two-week practicum, I finally had the wits to focus on a specific topic during my observations: the teacher’s use of language in a classroom. In fact, as I type I’m slowly beginning to form an inquiry question in my head.
The morning started out in a glorious fashion: with music. Choral music, to be exact. And boy, did it make a world of difference to my day.
Today was the first day of practicum and, golly, there are already so many things to write. I can’t really say what was more important or interesting: the scavenger hunt around school that we did to get to know the place a little better, meeting both my school advisors (although I had already met one…
Or, y’know, Gastown, part two! Swan and I didn’t stop after seeing that dog, although that dog was really furry and I really wanted to pet it. I restrained myself though and we went on out of Gastown into the surrounding streets. But before I go on, a picture of one shopkeeper’s explanation for his…
The keynote speaker at the Pro-D conference I was at on the past Friday was a blogger who had some tips for aspiring bloggers. Well, hello to you too, prime learning experience. One of the pieces of advice she gave was to blog about the place you lived in. And if it don’t beat all,…
Pro-D kinda sounds like a vitamin, doesn’t it? And it is like a vitamin… take your pro-D to stay healthy and learning as a teacher! Today I attended my very first professional development (Pro-D) conference as a student teacher =D This is way more exciting than it sounds because suddenly I feel even more like…
Welcome to the continuation of Gaming As A Noob (GAAN). I like playing video games but I’m slow (ask J how long it took me to actually beat TWEWY), I didn’t grow up playing video games and I will take almost forever to beat the level you thought was the easiest to beat. Regardless, I…
Every time I see someone wearing jeans AND a denim jacket (like I did three or four times on the bus today), I wonder if they’ve fallen out of the denim tree. And if you got that you are a very cool person indeed. In other news: Today, I lost my phone.
I apologize for having not posted in over a week T_____T. To cheer you up though, heeeeere’s cheesecake! And just in time for Thanksgiving, too! Mind you, Joy and I made this around midnight, so let the crazies begin!
alibi: OE 