A day which I look forward to is always the vocation days as it allows me to learn new things. And of course meet pupils from the school. Today I was fortunate to be able to visit three schools.
1. Fairview Elementary School
2. Crossroads Middle School
3. Hill Top Academy
At the first location, Fairview Elementary School, I had a great time with the pupils from Grade 3 class. They had a CLASS Blog that allows pupils to show the class activities and share ideas. The school uses IMAC in class and I was surprised how the pupils are able use the MAC effortlessly. The also had a smart boards that was utilised by the teacher frequently. The class had fun and they also asked many interesting questions about my country, Singapore.
Next we headed to the Crossroads middle school and abserve how classrooms are integrated with technology using MAC Books, Smart Boards and how they include the use of IT into their curriculum.
Lastly we went to Hill Top Academy. This is a sepcial school serving about 90 pupils with special needs. I can observe that many of the strategies used were very interesting and the facilities and manpower supports special education and meet the needs of the child. In a basic classroom, they have a teacher, a teacher assistant and a learning behaviour specialist. The teacher would have a goal for the pupils and they collect points for the class. If they did well on the day, they would get to go to the honours period which allows them to play computer games and etc. Another interesting thing is that they have a dog in class for therapy.
I would like to thank the staff of the three schools for bringing me around the school and answering my questions. Especially to Karen who took time to accompany me and make arrangements with the schools. Definitely a cool thing to do...
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