Reflection 1.5: Roleplaying in the classroom.

I have always had a love of role playing and drama since I was a little kid, so I was really excited when I heard that we were going to be learning how to impliment it into the classroom. It not only gets kids up and moving when they are learning, but it allows the students to imerge themselves into a world that they would likely not to experince otherwise. In this context I am thinking older grades in reference to events of history. Yet, there are other applications to drama in the classroom as well, things that I wouldn't have thought of before our lesson about it. For instance using it as an assessment tool. I would tend to have it be an activity that the kids build up to inorder to review at the end before the assessment, but it works just as well the other way, if not better for those students who have a difficult time with test taking.

It was extremely fun to do the interviewer game where both A and B students had different tools, and I also think its a great way of getting students to maybe take an interest in news. It can be really boring just watching two people talk on the news, but with some schema maybe they might take more interest in it. The second game we played Hot seat, was also really great, especially to re-introduce or review with students (or assess of course). And finally the specialist game where each of the tables gave their specialitys and opinions on an event was great for anaylzis, something I definitely will be using in my classroom.