Name Game: Breaking the Ice on the First Class
By Laura Powell
EDI 15A Psychological Perspective: Teaching & Learning
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
January 19, 2010
Class today was both very useful to helping me realize the differences between each student as well as their attitudes towards assignments. I really enjoyed the time within the classroom because we had fun breaking the ice, and cutting the tension between normally awkward introductions. Instead of being intimidated about introducing myself in front of the class I felt comfortable because it was a group assignment. I was able to listen to other people use humorous strategies to help us remember their names.
This caused me to relax about coming up with a serious strategy, instead I was able to come up with a silly way to remember my name, which I later observed as being successful in helping people remember it.
This lesson helped me learn a few different aspects, first is that every student is different, they have different personalities as well as different reactions to assignments. Today I noticed that there were a few people who were nervous about reciting everyone’s name as well as people who were very nonchalant. I think this is important to a classroom, and an aspect that all future teachers should remember. In my classroom I have to realize that each of my students has different backgrounds as well as different reactions to my teaching techniques.
Another thing I learned was that I should be open to my students’ different ways of learning, and should allow them to use techniques in their own ways. Similar to how Alex was the one in the middle to some, he was the only boy to others. I found this very interesting as well as important to remember when teaching a class, that everyone remembers facts in different ways. There are many other aspects of the classroom I need to learn as well as how the teacher-student dynamic should work within schools. Hopefully this course will further my understanding of how I should be working with my students and helping them understand my lessons. .
Long Island University, C. W. Post
January 19, 2010
Class today was both very useful to helping me realize the differences between each student as well as their attitudes towards assignments. I really enjoyed the time within the classroom because we had fun breaking the ice, and cutting the tension between normally awkward introductions. Instead of being intimidated about introducing myself in front of the class I felt comfortable because it was a group assignment. I was able to listen to other people use humorous strategies to help us remember their names.
This caused me to relax about coming up with a serious strategy, instead I was able to come up with a silly way to remember my name, which I later observed as being successful in helping people remember it.
This lesson helped me learn a few different aspects, first is that every student is different, they have different personalities as well as different reactions to assignments. Today I noticed that there were a few people who were nervous about reciting everyone’s name as well as people who were very nonchalant. I think this is important to a classroom, and an aspect that all future teachers should remember. In my classroom I have to realize that each of my students has different backgrounds as well as different reactions to my teaching techniques.
Another thing I learned was that I should be open to my students’ different ways of learning, and should allow them to use techniques in their own ways. Similar to how Alex was the one in the middle to some, he was the only boy to others. I found this very interesting as well as important to remember when teaching a class, that everyone remembers facts in different ways. There are many other aspects of the classroom I need to learn as well as how the teacher-student dynamic should work within schools. Hopefully this course will further my understanding of how I should be working with my students and helping them understand my lessons. .
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