Peer Workshops
The part of peer workshops that I value most is that they are an opportunity for us as teachers to express our concerns and fears to actual people instead of just relying on what the literature says to use. I also feel that it is important to test drive ideas so that you can evaluate the actual timeline of the project, so that you can see all of the technical aspects such as how hard it is to fill up balloons with pain, or how much time it takes to explore different tools in PowerPoint. I also find that often when others are discussing their own projects that I would understand aspects of my own or else it would give me ideas about what I can do for my work. I have to use this example because when Caitlin explained that that child that she was working with has an exceptional talent for land sculptures. I know for a fact that Declan is amazing with hockey and I have played tons of street hockey and practiced sparring drills with Declan so I knew that I could maybe turn his activity into something that incorporated his active life style and impressive talents.
I believe that peer teaching is valuable in elementary schools because it gives students the ability to create a connected classroom community, it gives the students who are are teaching a challenge and the achievement of helping their peers while students who are learning will be able to work with showing respect to their peers and having the opportunity of learning from another source other than just the teacher. This will help students to consider new ideas when they are being helped by their peers and it will also help student who are teaching consider how to present the information that they have learned and also create a meaningful experience for their peers.
I chose that picture at the beginning of this blog because I found that in the group of ladies that I got to work with this semester that each of us was willing to be there for one another, we were willing to listen to the concerns that each other had and we tried to give helpful suggestions and celebrations at all points throughout this semester. I felt like they would be there to hold my hand and guide me if needed but they would only do so if I would give them the respect they gave me thus I knew which path I needed to choose so they did not choose it for me but rather I was able to make my own choices and they helped to nudge me along and have faith in myself.
I believe that peer teaching is valuable in elementary schools because it gives students the ability to create a connected classroom community, it gives the students who are are teaching a challenge and the achievement of helping their peers while students who are learning will be able to work with showing respect to their peers and having the opportunity of learning from another source other than just the teacher. This will help students to consider new ideas when they are being helped by their peers and it will also help student who are teaching consider how to present the information that they have learned and also create a meaningful experience for their peers.
I chose that picture at the beginning of this blog because I found that in the group of ladies that I got to work with this semester that each of us was willing to be there for one another, we were willing to listen to the concerns that each other had and we tried to give helpful suggestions and celebrations at all points throughout this semester. I felt like they would be there to hold my hand and guide me if needed but they would only do so if I would give them the respect they gave me thus I knew which path I needed to choose so they did not choose it for me but rather I was able to make my own choices and they helped to nudge me along and have faith in myself.
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