week 13 reflection final week of field

Jordan Oswald

Bobbie Paonessa

EDEL 3250 Section 1

EDEL 3250 Field Experience Service Learning Project

A. Ridgeline Elementary is located in Highland, Utah inside of Alpine School District. The elementary is home to 790 students with 33 kids in Mrs. Burtons fifth grade class.
B. Our relationship with Mrs. Burton was very open and friendly. She really liked how much we helped her in the class. We were grading papers, doing jumping jacks, push-ups, and sit ups, and we really got along with the kids.
C. Mrs Burton really liked the vidcast and the Digital story that we created. She thought they were nice.
D. Our Teacher was pleased with the lesson plans that we did. She liked that the kids enjoyed them.
E. The training session never took place. We approached her with the PhotoStory3, and she said that she was being honest and said that she would not ever use the program. So we did try to teach the lesson to her, but she did not want to spend the time to learn.
F. Since we weren’t able to teach PhotoStory3 to Mrs. Burton, we can’t say exactly. But we were prepared for a lesson. We would have liked to taught it, but each teacher has their own way of teaching.
G. Mrs. Burton was not interested in the technology, so our teacher didn’t gain much from the experience.
H. We learned that even though PhotoStory3 is a neat program with a lot of potential in the classroom, not all teachers will embrace these kinds of tools. We gathered that she thought it was a waste of time.
I. The Digital story and Vidcast was worth the time put in. All of the students liked the use of photoStory3, they all clapped when it was finished. As for the Service Learning, we would have liked to teach it to her.