Mr Wee's class
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Hmmm... Mr Wee seemed to have resigned himself to the fact that the class was all out to seek revenge on him today? The poor guy! Friday evenings...sigh... Am so glad mine is long over.
Wes was brave enough to try something new, ie not using ppt. But then, the problem of students knowing the fish names but not being able to identify the fish correctly (as aptly brought up by Daffy), due to a lack of pictorial reference is one shortcoming of not using ppt. Wes tried to justify himself by saying that identification of fish will not be tested in exams. But, I think this undermines what learning should be. I always think that we should make use of every opportunity to impart knowledge, not limiting ourselves to what is examinable, especially if a student is more than willing to learn. Perhaps just tell those interested to google the fish names and they can see it for themselves. What makes matter worse is the lack of a textbook in this case.
Right at the beginning, Wes got us to write down 3 words that come to mind when the Blue Revolution was mentioned. This is a good move provided students do have just a teeny weeny bit of knowledge about it. If not, in a real life situation, I wonder how long it would take for him to finally get one student to mention the word 'fish'? Or would Wes have prompted the students further to get the right answer out of them? He didn't have the chance to do this if this was ever in his mind.
I thought the document holder with 3 compartments/zips was a good way of distributing packages to students for group work. It will be easy for him to give the instructions and for students to follow the instructions, to retrieve the right materials slowly, one at a time, so that they won't get so excited/confused with many items distributed to them all at once (cue cards and all). But the zips must be specified. :P
And I got to say sorry to Wes for being less than an angel today. The SARS and the face mask was never my intention. It didn't even cross my mind. It was just a habit when I laugh too hard. But the humourous or sensitive Wes picked it up and thought otherwise. :D Sometimes, things are really as simple as it seems.
Okie, got to zzz... Long day tomorrow. Vegetables and mangrove, here I come.
SW
Hmmm... Mr Wee seemed to have resigned himself to the fact that the class was all out to seek revenge on him today? The poor guy! Friday evenings...sigh... Am so glad mine is long over.
Wes was brave enough to try something new, ie not using ppt. But then, the problem of students knowing the fish names but not being able to identify the fish correctly (as aptly brought up by Daffy), due to a lack of pictorial reference is one shortcoming of not using ppt. Wes tried to justify himself by saying that identification of fish will not be tested in exams. But, I think this undermines what learning should be. I always think that we should make use of every opportunity to impart knowledge, not limiting ourselves to what is examinable, especially if a student is more than willing to learn. Perhaps just tell those interested to google the fish names and they can see it for themselves. What makes matter worse is the lack of a textbook in this case.
Right at the beginning, Wes got us to write down 3 words that come to mind when the Blue Revolution was mentioned. This is a good move provided students do have just a teeny weeny bit of knowledge about it. If not, in a real life situation, I wonder how long it would take for him to finally get one student to mention the word 'fish'? Or would Wes have prompted the students further to get the right answer out of them? He didn't have the chance to do this if this was ever in his mind.
I thought the document holder with 3 compartments/zips was a good way of distributing packages to students for group work. It will be easy for him to give the instructions and for students to follow the instructions, to retrieve the right materials slowly, one at a time, so that they won't get so excited/confused with many items distributed to them all at once (cue cards and all). But the zips must be specified. :P
And I got to say sorry to Wes for being less than an angel today. The SARS and the face mask was never my intention. It didn't even cross my mind. It was just a habit when I laugh too hard. But the humourous or sensitive Wes picked it up and thought otherwise. :D Sometimes, things are really as simple as it seems.
Okie, got to zzz... Long day tomorrow. Vegetables and mangrove, here I come.
SW
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