Today was our last day in the WP. We started the day by helping the grade 1 teachers in preparing the students for the parade. Then we want to thank the principal for her collaboration with us. She gave us the English curriculum for grade 5 so we can a have a look at the book and start to generate ideas for Electronic book.
After that, we want to see the students rehearsing the activities that they will do on Sunday.Then, we continued to work in the need analysis tools because we have to submit them today at 4.
I think that this work placement was very successful and beneficial for us and we have learnt many things about integrating technology with education.
The principal and the vice principal were very collaborative with us and they provided every thing that we needed. I am looking for work to come back to the school next semester and hopefully we can a have a chance to help them and produce a product that can help the teachers.
Today was a good day for us. First the vice principal asked us if we could help them in preparing for the national day celebration. So went and worked in the stands that they will hang in the national day. After that, we started to work in the needs analysis tools; we gathered what we have done in these 2 weeks and started to write the conversations that we had with the school teachers and staff.
Today was an extraordinary day and we have done a lot of things. First, the school wanted to do the morning assembly out side the school, in the parking area of the Ministry of Labour which next to the school. So the principal asked us to walk one of the classes to there because their teacher did not come. There were police men to manage the traffic so the students can across the street safely. All the cars were stopping to see what is happening and the employees lift their offices to see the assembly.
After the assembly, we went to observe a class in grade 1. When Miss Maryam told us that we can go to observe this class Asma was so happy because this class is her favorite. I never saw Asma that happy especially when we are at College where she is always angry.
After that we attend a Math class in grad 5. There were over 10 Math teachers from different schools and the zone supervisor. The class was outstanding; the teacher used a lot of technology in her class and she used many educational materials to help the students to understand the lesson and the students were motivated and engaged.
I feel that today was a good day we have done a lot of things and we have enjoyed the day.
Here are some pictures of the morning assembly
First we want to tell you that we worked in this post together because we feel board from writing the reflections every day.
Moving to more important things, today we did nothing that is related to the college's work because we feel that what we have done already is enough. We also feel that we are a burden to the school because we do not do any thing for the school. So, we decided to help the school, so we supervisor two classes in grade one. The first class was with boys and we gave the students activities that the teacher asked us to do and we had a little chat with the boys. The second class was with the girls and it was the same but we observed the firs part of the class where the teacher was explaining the lesson. Also, starting from yesterday most of the teachers and members in the school are very busy as they prepare the students for the national day celebration and in the next few days we hope that we can help them.
We think that helping the teachers and the staff made us feel that we are a part of the school system.
Yesterday was the first day in our second week in our WP. The school was really busy today because they are starting to prepare for the celebration for the national day. They will have different activities to celebrate the national day during this week.
Also, today we attended 2 different classes with an English teacher in the Al Ghad section and a science class with the 4th grade teacher. The science lesson was really great; the teacher has a really good relationship with the students and the students seemed to like the class a lot. After we finished the class we had a discussion with the teacher and talked about the importance of controlling the class and the students' behaviors. I liked this conversation a lot and the teacher gave us a lot of good advices. After we finished our conversation, we want to give the teachers the questionnaire.
I think that today was a good day. We have worked a lot on our tools for the need analysis and that will help us to identify a need or a problem that exist the school.
Thursday was our last day in the first week. First I arrived late to the school at about 8:30 (you can imagine how Asma's mood was). Then Asma and I wanted to meet the school leader but unfortunately she was very busy. So we asked Miss Maryam (the vice principal) if we could attend some classes. She arranged for us to attend 2 classes in grad 4 with the Arabic and the Math teacher. The classes were wonderful; all the students were motivated and engaged with the lesson. And we were amazed by how the teachers integrated technology in their lessons. The teachers also used a lot of motivation tools in their lesson. For example, if a student answers a hard question she would go up a step so she can reach the tower and the first student that reaches the tower will be given a prize. I have never seen students who are motivated, engaged and paid attention for the whole lesson.
Also, today we finished the questionnaire and we will give it to the teachers on Sunday.
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