march eleventh

this is nearly my last week at FAMS.

my first class was cohen's. we played a word video game. the game gives directions in very sophisticated language, about a magic forest, in which you are the main character. the object of the game is to get out of the forest and reach any sort of "next step". It's a great tool that both employs the new technology and embraces it as a way for the "digital natives" to learn about how story is written. Even the student who said that she didn't "like video games" was pulled into the project.

During Mr. Cohen's last class, I tried my hand at teaching. It's very difficult to do I must say--to keep their attention, and have plans to move if the said lesson plan does not work the way that you'd hoped. I think mostly what I hadn't accounted for was that these students are not my age. These are eighth grade students, and the maturity/interest level might not be the same as what mine might be. It was definitely an interesting thing to try and I think that maybe with a little more practice in the future it could be something I would consider for a job. I suppose before I go making big career decisions, I have to continue to study what I love, and explore things I think I might.