Presentation Red jaguars

This was a great presentation. All Pieces where put together seamlessly, and the preparation really showed. The books seems like it is very interesting with the six senses, as well as the concept of being a caring person. I felt that by the end of the presentation I really had learned some new strategies that would help within the classroom. I liked how it was not just a stand up and lecture presentation, but we were constantly moving and doing several different activities. The laughing portion was also interesting, I do agree that laughter is essential in everyday life and it has a purpose in and out of the classroom. An important concept that goes along with laughter is fun, too much the classroom is focused on sitting and listening, rather than becoming engaged. 

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I really enjoyed the presentation and liked the way the team represented the six senses by giving examples and including the class in them. The activities were fun and engaging as well. Laughing….hmmmmmm; I feel that I laugh often but have never been asked to just laugh it seemed difficult but at the same time intriguing. I do watch “Ouch Charlie” often and have shared it with friends so that is a plus. The power point is a good reference to refer back to and the quizzes were interesting and may be useful at a later date as well. I would however like to know where some of the resources for the power point came from as they may be useful as well. I would have liked to have had access to other links on the six senses as they were described in the book if they could be found on the web; I would go and read and perhaps find other interesting and useful things. Making up the stories was really fun (the hammer and other things along the same line-feminine- can be found at Sears). The objects were interesting and thought provoking.

I really liked the presentation on this book. There were a lot of fun activities that we got to do that coincided with the book. The only activity that I wasn't a big fan of was the laughing one. I thought that it was a little weird to expect us to laugh on the spot. I understood where it fit into the book, but i didn't like it.

My favorite activities were the negative space one because it was something that I had never done before and it was interesting. My other favorite was the making up a story thing. I liked the object one and the author with the toilet brush. I think that those let us incorporate who we were into the whole concept of the book. Overall, I really liked the presentation and the book seemed interesting.

Book Talk Response

I really really liked this presentation. Even thought it was over an hour long, I felt engaged and connected throughout the whole thing. The use of the powerpoint was good for a visual learner such as myself. I found the pictures, charts, cartoons and paintings to be highly effective and entertaining. In particular, I thought that this group was very strong in their use of fun and informative activities. The first activity really got me to think about how my senses affect my perception of an object. I could find a lot of ways to incorporate that into a Social Studies classroom. The story activity was also engaging and could be very useful when trying to get students to be more creative with their thinking and writing. The negative space activity was a nice addition even though I didn't get any of them right! I also thought that the empathy and humor activities helped me to understand myself and my thinking a little bit better. I would use the empathy activity at the beginning of the school year to get to know my students a little bit better.
There were only two things that I would maybe change about the presentation. One, it would be nice to be able to go back and see the powerpoint so linking it to the class wiki would be good. Second, even though there was one kinesthetic activity already in the presentation, one more would be good for a presentation that was that long. Other than that, I really loved the presentation and could tell that the group put a lot of effort into it.