Movie Explorers

Prezi

     Fieldwork was a little different today compared to our previous sessions.   The fourth grade class came to our school today and my fieldwork group had the opportunity to teach the companies in our own classroom.  Teaching in our college classroom caused some trouble for us though.  The students were fascinated by the computers that were in front of them, the students were too spread out, and the students were more easily distracted in our classroom. 

     Although the fourth grade students were a little preoccupied in our classroom, we were still able to get them to focus on our guided inquiry lesson.  The students had to decide what their movies were going to be about and how they will profit.  My favorite part of our whole lesson was our introduction.  I thought playing clips of animated movies really grabbed the students’ attention and made them excited about the lesson to come.   Our introduction also included a review of previously learned vocabulary and concepts.  I do think we should have introduced the main question of the inquiry lesson of today in the introduction.   I also found our inquiry activity to be engaging and educational.  The companies had an opportunity to explore their technology they will be using for their movies and for the first time, had the chance to really discuss their movie and storyboard.   The major problem of our inquiry lesson was that two companies were not able to work together to make any decisions about their company and movie.   If we had the opportunity to redo this lesson, I would have suggested that we include a mini lesson on how to make economic decisions as a team.   During the lesson, there were students who were very angry and even upset because their fellow teammates would not listen to them.  Although this was a problem for my fieldwork group, I think it truly showed the fourth grade companies they have to work together or their companies will not make any progress in this BizWorld project.  At the end of the lesson, my fieldwork group had the fourth grade companies reflect on heir learning for the day.  For the most part, all of the students reflected on the fact that they need to try and work together in order to be successful companies. 

     So far, I think my fieldwork group is doing a really good job of teaching the fourth grade companies.  We have made creative Prezi presentations, made our lessons engaging, meaningful, and have offered the students a great learning experience.  For me personally, I still need to practice not saying the word, guys.  Now get ready for great pitches!