Fieldwork reflection (the not so good stuff)

 I did not realize how difficult virtual/online teaching would be. Previously, I have only been an online student so it was very interesting to see how much the roles differ. I found it difficult to avoid tech problems when working with younger students. As young adults, I think we take advantage of the amount of technical knowledge that we have and expect everyone else to be on the same page as us when students may not even know how to log on to sites like Kahoot yet. It was really difficult to get all of the students to complete their work and it seemed like at least one kid was always missing from whatever google slide they were supposed to be on. 

I think that with more time and experience, teaching will come a lot more naturally and we can work on getting our students where we need them to be technologically and academically! 




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