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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Learnin' and Stuff
Have you heard about iTunes U? If not, find it... it's amazing. I'm currently doing a course from Stanford called The History of the International System.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Caaaaaaamp
Hello all,
Camp is all finished (whew!) and I will head back to school tomorrow! I taught at a camp for the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education for three weeks and at my school for just one week. The MOE camp was all 3rd and 4th graders, and at my school is was 3rd-6th.
The MOE camp was actually a ton of fun. We had 6 foreign teachers (myself included) and co-teachers to match. The students at that camp were a lot of fun, and the lessons went really well. One downside was that on the second day, I had some money stolen from my purse by a student, however, 4 days later, I came into the classroom after lunch and there was more than twice the amount that was stolen sitting under some of my lesson plan sheets. My guess is that someone's parents caught wind of the theft and made them give more money back.
Also, at that camp, we had a homeroom where we were supposed to teach the kids some kind of performance- either a song, dance, skit, or something similar. The performances were held on the last day and it was an absolute riot! Andrew's class did We Will Rock You, we also had the Macarena, The Three Little Pigs in a skit, and for mine, I taught them "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles, along with a little dance of sorts! It can be seen here. And in case you were wondering, the kids at the end are shouting, "Encore!"... yes, it rocked.
The winter camp at my school also went very well. It was a bit more relaxed since all of the kids knew me and also because it was only a week. The teachers that I worked with had a pretty relaxed attitude about the whole thing which made it really nice!
Now, at this point in the game, I will be heading back to school tomorrow to finish off this school year. We will have one more long weekend over the Lunar New Year (Valentine's Day weekend), and then finish up at the end of February.
The new school year will start in March (I believe...) and at that point, I will have a new co-teacher and be really facing the end of my time in Korea. And at this point, I have no idea what that will bring!
Take care, everyone, and stay snug- winter is almost over!
kb
Camp is all finished (whew!) and I will head back to school tomorrow! I taught at a camp for the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education for three weeks and at my school for just one week. The MOE camp was all 3rd and 4th graders, and at my school is was 3rd-6th.
The MOE camp was actually a ton of fun. We had 6 foreign teachers (myself included) and co-teachers to match. The students at that camp were a lot of fun, and the lessons went really well. One downside was that on the second day, I had some money stolen from my purse by a student, however, 4 days later, I came into the classroom after lunch and there was more than twice the amount that was stolen sitting under some of my lesson plan sheets. My guess is that someone's parents caught wind of the theft and made them give more money back.
Also, at that camp, we had a homeroom where we were supposed to teach the kids some kind of performance- either a song, dance, skit, or something similar. The performances were held on the last day and it was an absolute riot! Andrew's class did We Will Rock You, we also had the Macarena, The Three Little Pigs in a skit, and for mine, I taught them "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles, along with a little dance of sorts! It can be seen here. And in case you were wondering, the kids at the end are shouting, "Encore!"... yes, it rocked.
The winter camp at my school also went very well. It was a bit more relaxed since all of the kids knew me and also because it was only a week. The teachers that I worked with had a pretty relaxed attitude about the whole thing which made it really nice!
Now, at this point in the game, I will be heading back to school tomorrow to finish off this school year. We will have one more long weekend over the Lunar New Year (Valentine's Day weekend), and then finish up at the end of February.
The new school year will start in March (I believe...) and at that point, I will have a new co-teacher and be really facing the end of my time in Korea. And at this point, I have no idea what that will bring!
Take care, everyone, and stay snug- winter is almost over!
kb
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