I really appreciated Mr. Theune's presentation. As a student I was lucky to have parents who were engaged in my academic career. My parents however never attended my soccer games or my theater performances because they had work at that time. I feel that Mr. Theune's attempt to engage parents with their child in school was novel and brilliant idea.
Mr. Theune has his students write a personal essay and once they finish he has parents come and listen to students read their essay's. I think that involving parents is an excellent way to instill motivation and pride. Although his lecture revolved around ELA, I believe I can incorporate his strategies in many way in a high school biology classroom. I believe that I could potentially create a unit that prompts students to create a model and have them write up a presentation. I would then set a time and day that students will present to their parents and their peers. I would probably provide snacks and drinks and encourage parents to participate via email and phone call.
Mr. Theune also described other ways he seeks to engage his students. He has his students write to pen pals with students in another class. He did this by randomly asking a teacher to collaborate online. I believe that when students have an audience and an aspect of interaction is mingled with a lesson students will find a assigned task more motivational and meaningful. As a future teacher I should strive to find ways to provide meaning and interaction in my lessons. Finding entry points to activate student involvement and engagement will be a difficult task and I feel that it will take a lot of practice until I create a unit that can do this; but, I feel it is important to do because providing relevance and motivation is fundamental in education.
I feel Mr. Theune's presentation really left me pondering ways in which I can create a classroom that engages students and parents. Rearing the end of his presentation he discussed how he published a book with a student and I found this really applicable to myself. I have published a book already but it was more of a bucket list thing I wanted to do in my life. I am working on a series but I think I may put that on hold because I want to use the skills I have learned about publishing and apply it to my classroom.
Overall, I was very impressed and intrigued with what Mr. Theune discussed and I feel that I will take his wisdom and I will certainly try to implement some of his strategies in my classroom in the future.
Mr. Theune has his students write a personal essay and once they finish he has parents come and listen to students read their essay's. I think that involving parents is an excellent way to instill motivation and pride. Although his lecture revolved around ELA, I believe I can incorporate his strategies in many way in a high school biology classroom. I believe that I could potentially create a unit that prompts students to create a model and have them write up a presentation. I would then set a time and day that students will present to their parents and their peers. I would probably provide snacks and drinks and encourage parents to participate via email and phone call.
Mr. Theune also described other ways he seeks to engage his students. He has his students write to pen pals with students in another class. He did this by randomly asking a teacher to collaborate online. I believe that when students have an audience and an aspect of interaction is mingled with a lesson students will find a assigned task more motivational and meaningful. As a future teacher I should strive to find ways to provide meaning and interaction in my lessons. Finding entry points to activate student involvement and engagement will be a difficult task and I feel that it will take a lot of practice until I create a unit that can do this; but, I feel it is important to do because providing relevance and motivation is fundamental in education.
I feel Mr. Theune's presentation really left me pondering ways in which I can create a classroom that engages students and parents. Rearing the end of his presentation he discussed how he published a book with a student and I found this really applicable to myself. I have published a book already but it was more of a bucket list thing I wanted to do in my life. I am working on a series but I think I may put that on hold because I want to use the skills I have learned about publishing and apply it to my classroom.
Overall, I was very impressed and intrigued with what Mr. Theune discussed and I feel that I will take his wisdom and I will certainly try to implement some of his strategies in my classroom in the future.
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