Notecard Confession
For my Notecard confession assignment, I decided to tell a personal story of one of my great uncles and his experience with the Vietnam war and the draft. This was such a cool assignment because I was able to call up my uncle and interview him and talk to him about his life and his experiences going through these times. This provides an interesting, first hand experience into a history lesson. As a history teacher, there will defiantly be times where our class will discuss the Vietnam war. This notecard confession could provide a unique perspective of a 19 year old kid who had to go through this time in History.
This assignment is a great, easy way to teach a lesson in a more real, dramatic way. Sometimes it is better as a teacher to get away from the traditional powerpoint slides and do something like a notecard confession because it is more engaging and dramatic. The best thing about it is that it is so easy to create! All you need is a few notecards, a story, an iPad to video yourself with, and that is it. After video taping myself I uploaded it to youtube and used that as the platform for this assignment. I will defiantly be using this style of teaching in the future.
This assignment is a great, easy way to teach a lesson in a more real, dramatic way. Sometimes it is better as a teacher to get away from the traditional powerpoint slides and do something like a notecard confession because it is more engaging and dramatic. The best thing about it is that it is so easy to create! All you need is a few notecards, a story, an iPad to video yourself with, and that is it. After video taping myself I uploaded it to youtube and used that as the platform for this assignment. I will defiantly be using this style of teaching in the future.