Day 9

First off, it would be wise to note that my project has changed. Instead of doing the organizational system (which is already done really), I'm going to be facilitating the school's newscast, PB & J. Which stands for Penguin Broadcast Journalism. Normally one of the 5th grade teachers does it, but she's way too busy to even start it up. So they figured it would be good for me to put my technical and writing skills to the test. My mentor and another teacher picked out 4 students from each class to become part of the broadcasting team. The video needs to be 30-40 minutes long, and have 4 different segments. So far, we have brainstormed the topics we'd like to do, and are now in the planning stage of the process. I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with this, while also developing management skills, and video editing and recording skills. This benefits the school because without me, there was no one else to do it. What used to be a monthly broadcast has degraded into a less then four times a year broadcast. I'm helping to give the kids an opportunity to flex their creative muscles and create something they can be proud of.

So today was a pretty laid back day. The kids had band class after lunch, but they do it in rotations, so only parts of the class were gone at a time. Because of that, the class was quieter then usual. A nice change of pace if you ask me. One thing that really surprised me though was that I learned that one of the students in my internship class thought I was actually 18 instead of 16 the last two weeks. I felt kind of old for a second.

Anyway, I got to teach math today to small groups of kids from other classes. Nothing big, but still fun nonetheless.

Every day brings with it more experience. I figure by the time I get done with this internship, I'll be well on my way to becoming a teacher myself.