I Spy With My Little Eye.....

Today Tracey and I got to share our "I Spy" game.  It was fun to both make and explain.   I really enjoyed listening to the choices my classmates had in activities using the P2go app.  What a variety from each of the 10 groups even though we had not talked together about what we were each choosing!

My "take aways" from today included:

• It is really motivating to see yourself and your friend's photos in the P2go program.  Seeing ourselves there gave an immediate boost.  How awesome that the same iPad can take the pictures and have them easily uploaded.  Pictured above are two of my international student friends.  It makes me smile just to see them smile, an automatic hook into an activity, Tracy and I could have put in photos of classmates of Enrique's to the I Spy game.  The "fun factor" would be enhanced.

• I have to sign up for our instructors other AT course.... there is a lot of information that Professor Welsford says is taught in her other course.  Since most of my caseload currently consists of students with Learning Disabilities, I know the other course will be of benefit.... I also see a self-directed inservice in my future at the SSRSB.....and maybe a suggested one for my LD itinerant teacher....

• BUT the most amazing thing was the feedback from our instructor.  Only once in courses have I had immediate feedback and that was from an online true/false quiz that the computer marked.   In my past two courses, there was absolutely not one assignment graded until the entire course was over.  Wow... if I needed a second reminder of how motivating prompt feedback was (as I mentioned yesterday) I sure got it today.  Barb Welsford is a rock star!  Positive message as well as suggestions for improvement.  Not only do we get to have hands on experience, we have super role models in this course.  So glad I have the opportunity to be part of Educ 5173....