Today is the last day of student teaching/placements!! My cognates are done too, so I am relieved. Just some papers to write =)
Chris and I are doing a webinar about a website called StocksQuest- basically it's an online stock trading simulation. Teachers can create classes and contests, and there are so many real-life options that students can experience, without having to actually invest real money. I think it's super cool. My mentor uses it, but since I'm only there 2 days a week (or i WAS), I never actually saw what he had them do with it. But from what I have seen on the website, there are so many cool options!! I'm really excited to keep playing with it. I'm definitely going to incorporate it into my class, at least next trimester, if not forever. I guess it'll depend where I'm teaching and what kind of computer/internet access students have. I don't think our students ever formally learn about stocks & bonds and other financial stuff like that, so this is a great opportunity to learn about it AND get experience doing it, before they actually go out in the real world and possibly invest. Hopefully it'll open up more options to my students, and they will be wiser about how they go about investing!
The whole webinar thing is pretty cool too- it seems pretty simple. At first I was nervous because it kind of sounded like a big deal, but once I figured out what I was going to do it about, and how to use the DimDim website, its not bad at all!
This semester went so fast.... I'm definitely not as stressed as anyone else is (which is weird considering I'm also planning a wedding). I'm super glad I stayed on top of things and got assignments done ahead of time, or at least got an early start on them!! Now everyone else is having breakdowns, and I'm watching TV =) Not to brag or anything.
