Last week Grade 6 students studied creative art lesson. The teacher assigned them to create things from their own imagination. If you come into this classroom, don't be frightened because there are various kinds of objects e.g. dinosaurs, spaceships, robots, buffaloes. I like to visit this room and feel appreciated to these creative students' work.One morning, when I passed this room, I saw a group of students spraying silver colour on their artifacts. I understood at once that it was a robot who destroys the world. Another group was moulding a cray house. A few seconds later, the students from this group walked to watch the robot. After they watched it carefully, one of the students said " You make Bangkok flood!". A quarrel started and it seemed not to finish. I interrupted them with a question "What happened?" Each student scrambled to explain. I stopped the evidence by ordering "Let's continue your work and we will discuss this issue the next period".
Next period, I posted the topic for discussion "The Affect of Spray to the Environment". Super Robot Group argued that flood was not related to spray. Another group insisted that the spray has an affect to flood because they watched the documentary from television. It said that "spray make the world hotter one degree censius. It results polar ice melt and Bangkok will be flood in the future. Discussion was continuing for a while but the contents that the students discuss seemed to be opinions than facts. I decided to tell the students to leave this discussion and assigned them to search for more information from "Wiki" and discussed later. I didn't forget to remind them to consider the information carefully that it comes from facts based on scientific principle or opinions. 
One week later, each group well prepared the information to present in class. I noticed that most information were reliable without opinions and based on scientific principle. Each group could present in step covering every side. The argument was also discussed based on scientific principle. At the end, Super Robot Group showed "a spray can" to class and read its mixtures loudly with a slide on the projector. The slide showed the affect of chemical substances that resulted to global warming from "Wiki". Now my students understand each other. Thank you Wiki!
Hi Wilairat,
ReplyDeleteI believe that your students will have deep awareness to save our environment because they find the answer by themselves. The process of having students search for information by themselves and teach their friends is excellent. They also have a chance to relate the situation of using spray to real affect which is flooding in Bangkok. Moreoever, it is great that you begin to teach small kids to judge the information especially from online sources. I really like your lesson.
Hi Wilairat! Your students are so great! I like your teaching style. It really make students benefit more from wiki.
ReplyDeleteself study ! I loving it.
ReplyDeleteMs. Wilairat, you made Wikis amazing. It means that you have a lot of experience to talk about that. Excellent informative!
ReplyDeleteDear Ornisa
ReplyDeleteNow the people are worried about the impact of polution towards the environment.If the teachers always remind the students to aware about it, it will be one way to solve the problem. Wiki is one of the tolls that can help us.
Dear Vivi
ReplyDeleteThank you very much to follow my blog post.
Dear Paponphat
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about "self study" but for young students it is not enough. Teachers and parents should take a role to support them as well.
Dear Rattana
ReplyDeleteThank you very much to follow my blog post.