The Top Ten Video Project

The activity does differ from the activities that I engaged in during my education. The teachers based most of my work off of the book, the use of technology wasn't as widely used then as it is now, and the teachers didn't ask me, "How can we fix this?". My learning style, kinesthetic, is addressed in this activity by using a foldable to put the notes on. The teacher also had the students make a painting of an ocean biome, information cards, and an art project that focused on the concept of camouflage. All of these activities are kinesthetically based. I am surprised that this project was done without the use of textbooks. I think that this is a very fun way to give the students a break from the everyday textbook work. I would like to teach in a similar way, because I think it would be very beneficial to the students. Most kids learn better if they have fun while learning. They will remember the activity, concept, and more facts than just lecturing about the topic. One concern I have is that I won't be allowed to do activities like this, because I would not be teaching for the West test. A lot of the curriculum these days are test based and the teachers are having to teach for the test instead of teaching to learn. 4th grade is especially set up this way. I am in 4th grade clinicals now, and they don't have time to do extra fun things in class. They are required to teach information that will be on the West test. I think one barrier for this activity would be more work for me. There are so many aspects to this activity that it would be very time consuming. I hope that I will be able to do fun things, such as this activity, with my students when I become a teacher.