Today I finished my whole brain teaching training. I really enjoyed the PD as it was one of the most useful conferences I have been to. My principal wants us to differentiate and get all the students engaged but he never tells us exactly how to do that. I really love that WBT not only teaches you how to do this but in a fun and constructive way. We were taught WBT with WBT. Our trainer, Chris Rekstad had mentioned that the kids are usually so engaged, that they are tired at the end of the day. The students are doing the work and really getting into it. Well, for this "student" today I can vouch for that. I came home and fell asleep! Boy, if the kids come home exhausted won't we have some happy parents out there!!??
I came home and practiced WBT on my own kids before I fell asleep. Now, my kids are 11, 14 and 16. So I taught them the parts of the cell. They had a BLAST! My 14 year old was a bit reluctant because he really is apparently "too cool" for this but he got into it after his brother and sister were moving around. My 11 year old really, really loved it. Anyways, she has a reading assignment due for summer homework (YUCK!). So I told her we were going to play the crazy professor game. I made her beg to play it. That was hilarious to watch. She begged me and we played it. She L-O-V-E-D it. So, I asked her if she would like to do this in school more often (I used the because slap and adders when she told me HA HA!). She said she liked it because it wasn't boring or the same old stuff. At any rate I told her I saw our 6th grade teachers at the conference and that they might be doing some of this in their class. Her face lit up! So here is hoping that the 6th grade brings WBT to their classrooms.
