Guided Observation #2 Physical Arrangement

Name: Stiel Lovin

Date: April 27, 2017

Course: EDUC 2300 Introduction to Education

School: Alpha Intermediate

Effectiveness of:

a) Technology: The classroom that I was in had the opportunity to have

laptops in the morning. They used these to take AR test, play on
educational websites, and during indoor recess they could use them to
play games on. The teacher had a smartboard that she used to teach on,
and she allowed the students to interact on it by playing games.

b) Traffic Patterns: The room was set up in a large square that had desk in
sets of four inside of it. This allowed for the teacher to be able to easily
navigate her way throughout the room and see how everyone was doing.
The way they were set up also allowed for the students to easily get into
groups so that they could work together. The desk flowed in a way that
made it easy for the students to get to the smartboard, and the board in
the back where there morning work was located.

c) Instructional Displays: The teacher had cabinets that were located

across the whole back of her room. She took chalkboard paint and
covered all of them so that she and the students could write on them with
chalk. She also had educational posters all over the room that the
students could refer too if they needed help. She also had three bulletin
boards located around her room that she used to teach from. The smart
board and white board were located in the front of the room.

d) Classroom Management: One of the things that she did that I liked was
that she had the daily schedule on the wall in the back of her room. She
also put the kids at doing different task every week so that they each had
a job. The kids were engaged in what they were doing in the class and
interacted with what she said to do.

e) Motivational Elements: She had a clip system that the she used to
either move the kids up or down depending on their behavior. She also
rewarded them with extra free time outside or inside.