Respond to the story...
The first day during student teaching you meet your cooperating teacher, you notice that the desks are in straight rows, the room is silent most of the time, and students are hard at work independently. 
On your second visit, you spend more time in the classroom and you observe the teacher's style of teaching. You notice the teacher is telling students the information, rather than providing boundaries for the students to develop the information for themselves. Every subject/class operates pretty much the same. The teacher talks, then the students work independently.
During your third visit, students are working hard at completing the worksheets passed out in the beginning of class. The students are struggling with the vocabulary, so they raise their hand for the teacher to answer their question.
You continue to make visits 2 times a week through the first semester. In all of your visits, you continued to see basically the same thing taking place. There were very few interactions outside of teacher to student and you didn't see any technology used in the classroom.
On your second visit, you spend more time in the classroom and you observe the teacher's style of teaching. You notice the teacher is telling students the information, rather than providing boundaries for the students to develop the information for themselves. Every subject/class operates pretty much the same. The teacher talks, then the students work independently.
During your third visit, students are working hard at completing the worksheets passed out in the beginning of class. The students are struggling with the vocabulary, so they raise their hand for the teacher to answer their question.
You continue to make visits 2 times a week through the first semester. In all of your visits, you continued to see basically the same thing taking place. There were very few interactions outside of teacher to student and you didn't see any technology used in the classroom.
As a future educator this would make me a little uneasy. I can see that the teacher likes the structure, but that can only be to a certain point. There has to be more interacti
on between the students. I see them not being afforded the same opportunities as other students. As far as not using technology or any aspect of tools in the classroom which could further them in whatever they are learning. The teacher is also feeding them the information. The students should be finding the information themselves a searching for answers using higher level thinking. The desks could maybe be pushed together for group project or different activities that would engage each student in what they are participating in. I see myself as a progressive educator who would in fact utilize some of these aspect and prepare my student into the 21st century.
on between the students. I see them not being afforded the same opportunities as other students. As far as not using technology or any aspect of tools in the classroom which could further them in whatever they are learning. The teacher is also feeding them the information. The students should be finding the information themselves a searching for answers using higher level thinking. The desks could maybe be pushed together for group project or different activities that would engage each student in what they are participating in. I see myself as a progressive educator who would in fact utilize some of these aspect and prepare my student into the 21st century.
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