THE FIRST DAY WAS A SUCCESS!

WOW!  The first day went much better than any other and I feel very excited about this one.

We went over D2l (Was suprised that not one student heard of it but we went through the steps)

Went over Syllbus, MTC Email (everything it offers), My MTC, Journals, Project, Purpose of the class, Grading, etc...

There were 21 students in my class and actually they all seemed to want to be there...was amazing.

I introduced two activities -

1. I had them sit for about 10 minutes as they wrote their full name at the top of a page and then underneath they developed a story about where they name came from. 

2. Then I had them get into groups of 4 and share their stories with each other and then pick a spokeperson for the group to report.

3. I wanted the spokesperson to find a pattern in their group for an exmaple...they were all named after a Rock Star...named after their grandmother...etc...

I got some funny ones - One student was named as girl name because the father was late to the birth and she signed the certificate as a girl name to get back at the father.  Another was named after the two ladies he was dating at that time (oh my) and then others were named after family members, and heritage. I have a class full of names that I can barely pronounce so this will be a challenge. Lots of culture in this one.

The other activity we used was the MTC Website scavenger hunt.  I asked them to pull out their phones and get in groups of two and find the answers using their cell phone internet.  They LOVED IT!  One, they get to use their phones, show off their skills to others, and race to get the prized - which I had collected items over time from conferences and had them stick their arm in and pull a prize out.

WHAT A GREAT DAY!