Help me give my students an energetic and fun way to test for knowledge. I am going to try hard to come out of my comfort zone and assess knowledge from other mediums this school year.
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My Students
What Makes My Students Special?
When I first started at our middle school 18 years ago.
I was a fairly new teacher. I was raring to go and ready to change lives! I was determined to make a difference. I almost quit in December of that same year. My school is located in Houston, Texas and is Title One (1) and Title Three (3). This means that more than half of my students have free/reduced lunch and that we have a large enough population of students that are LEP (Limited English Proficient) so we receive federal monies from the government. Being brought up in a middle class family with middle class values, none of my college teaching classes prepared me for dealing with the problems that would come from teaching at a Title One (1) and Title (3) school.
I learned that the world in which I grew up did not mirror theirs and that the playing field was not level. What I love most about my school that almost had me quit in December of the first year is what I am most proud of now in my 18th year - DIVERSITY!
My Project
I am looking for ways to motivate my students to want to actively participate in class discussions. I also plan to come out of my comfort zone and find other ways to assess that do not include pen and paper. The Q-ball and the electronic answer game will allow me to assess summative and cumulative learning.
My students are very tech savvy and I am trying to meet them at their level.
The Q-ball and electronic answer game will allow sound, hands on involvement, group work and an excitement which I hope will be infectious to learning my content!
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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