8th Group Presentation

Today in class we had the next group presentation.  They presented on Chapter 12, Creating Productive Learning Environments: Classroom Management.  I thought this group gave us valuable information other then the book which was awesome.  They talked about issues associated with the importance of classroom management, the teacher’s role, benefits of parental involvement, strategies to parents, and intervening when misbehavior happens.  The three ladies had shared a website that I thought would be a great resource to have, it was www. dailycafe.com.  They also had an interview with a teacher from Discovery Elementary School from Saint Cloud.  It was interesting to hear how this teacher’s classroom management.  It was interesting to hear how she has tables instead of desks, lamps on instead of the ceiling lights, and all the students material is organized neatly in certain areas of the room.  Her room is student-centered, not teacher-centered.  The videos that they showed were also another great way to share the information. Overall, I really enjoyed this presentation and thought that this group did an excellent job!