Fourth Meeting with Students

Monday, November 19th
Today was the day of the great Thanksgiving feast at my placement school.  Almost all the students were dressed up and looked like they were having a great time preparing.  I had my group grab their laptops and go out in the hall with me, as the substitute they had was reading a book aloud to the class and there was food for the feast all over the table we usually used for our group work.  Flexibility is key! Thank goodness for portable technology! The students finished up their Keynote presentations and we did a run-through of their presentations for the smaller group emphasizing looking at your audience, speaking loudly and clearly, and not going too fast.  A couple of them had even got creative and added an extra slide about baby turkeys.  They were excited to take ownership of both their "Interesting Fact" slide and the "Baby Turkeys" slide.  I am pretty confident that with a little guidance, these students would be able to create a presentation on their own now! Exciting!
After we viewed everyone's slide show out in the hall, we went into the classroom to present them.  We had a little technical difficulty with the projector because the laptops the students were using were a little different than the one the teacher uses (she usually uses her laptop with the projector).  We called on the help of the next door teacher and she had actually borrowed the attachment we needed.  Good thing we asked for her help!
Once we got the computers up on the big screen, the students presented their reports. They did a great job and the class actually got involved by asking questions and discussing their experiences with turkeys.  One little boy had just been turkey hunting with his dad!  Over all the presentations ended up adding something to a fun day of Thanksgiving celebrations at the school.  The students were proud of their work and I was very proud of them, too!