Lock Down

Today we had a lock down, which means that either someone is being treated medically in the hallway, there was a fight, or the police are searching lockers or making an arrest. For the rest of us who aren't involved, it means that no one may leave the room he or she is currently in when the lock down is announced and all doors must be closed and all windows must be completely covered. Ok, not a big deal... until classes begin getting pushed back. Our lock down took place today during third period and three-quarters of fourth period. The students were really hungry when they finally arrived with only ten minutes of class left. They were supposed to take a test today. Oh well. So, what do you do? Have a review! Tomorrow, during fourth period, I was supposed to have my first student teacher observation... it will still happen; however, my professor will mostly observe me proctoring a test! Hopefully, he will decide to come during first hour, which actually seems to be on schedule!

The mice are doing ok. We are down to two now. Yesterday we tried to give them milk from a carton bought at the cafeteria--not the best idea since it was probably really bad for them! However, I think it did get the two of them through the night. We decided to try soy milk, which is what many scientists give mice when they've performed well during a test. They took to it very well so, I'm hopeing for the best tomorrow. I think they'll be fine if they can make it through this second week. We'll keep watching out for the mom in case she still is in the room somewhere.

Moodle
Moodle is an online program through the school that allows teachers to write tests and quizes and reviews for students, which they can take on the computer at any time just by logging into the program. With this program, students are even able to take the quiz/review/test at home and they can see their scores right after they have submitted it! It's to a great advantage for them especially since many of them work late hours after school. However, it doesn't work very well when the site is down. Several of our classes today took the paper-based version of the test instead of the online version and they were not happy about it.

As I've said before, student teaching is like an on-the-job training. If this week is any indication--I feel I'm getting a very good experience and training with all that has happened just in the past three days!