3/29/08

I enjoyed Phil and Kellye's class discussions.

I think Phil did a great job involving the class with his arrow exercise. It was a simple and fun way to prompt some more in-depth analysis of the relationship between student, text, and tutor. I'd like to incorporate something like this with Lindsay and I's discussions. Maybe do some group work for ten or fifteen minutes, and then have the groups write on the board what they found, and have them talk about how they arrived at their decision. On Wednesday it quickly became apparent to me that the best discussion leader merely prompts the class to give their input without overloading his/her own opinion. I think a successful class discussion would have 90% student conversation and 10% leader opinion.

I think I'll shoot for a similar approach to Phil, but with group work.