This past week I completed my first placement, teaching Grade 9 Academic Science and, occasionally, Grade 9 Applied Science. I definitely had a lot of fun, especially since I got to teach the chemistry unit, which meant plenty of labs. A more detailed list of all the topics I taught can be found at my Google site.
I was also able to attend a Professional Development day on November 18, for which the Halton Catholic District School Board booked Dr. Alec Couros, from the University of Regina, to speak. He gave a talk on the ways technology is changing the way classes are taught, touching on many issues we've discussed in our Technology course at Brock. One of the most important points he made was that ten years ago, our lives were private by default and public with effort; now, our lives are largely public by default and private with effort. Thus, it is important we do everything we can as teachers to make sure that the things we post online are always appropriate. He also stressed the usefulness of the networking site about.me; my profile can be found here.
I was fortunate to have an associate teacher who was able to provide me with plenty of teaching resources that I hadn't come across before. Some of them include:
Yenka - Virtual labs
Graphmatica - Excellent graph creation software
The British Skoool site - Smartboard resources
Bitstrips - Classes can create and share their own comic strips
Mr. Martin's Worksheets - Physics and Chemistry handouts
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