Student Oriented Curriculum

First off, you three did a great job with this assignment and presentation. I really liked the way you opened up your lesson by having us get up and move around the classroom. Also, you guys did a nice job getting all students involved by asking each of us questions at one time or another. The jig saw activity was very engaging, and I feel proved to be a very effective way of presenting the important ideas of the book to us. I know in our "mini-group" there were some very useful and informative resources given to us which were helpful, but I would have maybe liked to read a little more of the actual text from the book. The only suggestion I could think would maybe make this lesson a little stronger would be to have us do a couple team building activities. In order to create a working collaborative team, all people involved must be able to work together. Lastly, I thought you guys couldn't have ended the lesson any better. By having us pick one bullet point and then explain why and how we would implement this in our own classroom was a terrific way to bring the lesson to a close. It left me thinking about how I could actually use what I learned from your lesson and use it in a real life situation.