Week 9 Reflection

This was an exciting week for me because I was able to implement some of the projects that I have been working on for some time now. The first was my action research project. I brought in two hydroponics systems and had the students begin setting up their experiment. The students seemed excited and all worked very hard. Although there were only two systems, all of the students found something to work on, and worked together extremely well.

I was also able to use the SPARK interactive probeware systems. I worked with Dr. Carver over the summer to develop and give a workshop on these systems but had never used them in a classroom situation. I was anxious to see how well they worked and how the students responded. It appeared to be successful in that the students all seemed to be very engaged. The problem was that I was only able to get my hands on four systems, so there were 5 or 6 student per unit. Each unit is small and the students all had trouble viewing the screen at the same time. Considering these limitations I still think that the lesson was a success.