OBSERVATION & MENTORING

LEAH PETERSON

OBSERVATIONS

HIGH SCHOOL• SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM

• USED LAPTOPS TO FIND CURRENT EVENTS• DISCUSSED THE ANNIVERSARY OF JFK AND

VIEWED A SLIDE SHOW OF A VARIETY OF PICTURES THOUGHT OUT THAT WEEK

• SMART BOARD BEING USED TO PLAY A REVIEW GAME BEFORE A TEST

MIDDLE SCHOOL6TH GRADE READING • USING SMART BOARD TO DISPLAY THE DAYS VOCABULARY WORDS• LAPTOPS USED TO FIND DEFINITION OF WORDS• LAPTOPS USED TO VIEW MAGAZINE AND LISTEN TOO • LESSON READ ALOUD TO STUDENTS USING CD; PROJECTED ON SMART BOARD • USED LAPTOPS TO FIND RESEARCH • CREATED A WORD DOCUMENT WITH SUMMARY OF RESEARCH FOUND

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS

I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IS USED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A

PUSH TO ENCOURAGE MORE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMS.

• Done with 3 teachers in the Elementary • Worked on downloading their lesson

plans to the shared drive• Using You Tube in the Classroom

• Creating Smart Board Lessons

Mentoring

WHEN I WAS MENTORING SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS I WAS ABLE TO SHOW THEM SOME SIMPLE TOOLS THEY CAN USE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS (SMART BOARD AND YOU TUBE). THEY WERE

AMAZED HOW EASY THOSE TWO TOOLS ARE. I HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CLASSROOM SINCE THEN AND HAVE SEEN THEM USING THE

RESOURCES MORE FREQUENTLY; THEY ARE EVEN JUMPING WITH JOY BECAUSE THEY CAN FIGURE MOST OF IT OUT ON THEIR OWN NOW!

Summary of Mentoring