For the duration of my placement I was at a large public school in the South Eastern Suburbs.
While at my placement I had the opportunity to work with a year 7 class and a year 9 class. With both classes I was teaching basic IT skills. The project that the year 7 students were to be working on during my time at the school was creating animations using Microsoft Power Point. I was able to have a hand in designing the project for the year 7's and guiding them through the whole assignment.
When teaching the year 7's I found that it was a very enjoyable experience. The students were all mostly willing to do the work and were very interested in the subject. Some of the students were very advanced in the subject and were able to expand on the assignment task to extend their own learning.
The year 9 class that I taught I only had for 4 lessons. They were finishing off an assignment using Photoshop; creating posters for their favourite movie or game. While it was enjoyable I was not able to conect with the year nine students to the same level as with my class of year seven students as I did not teach them for as many lessons.
My mentor teacher was extremely helpful for the entire process and was able to provide me with tips and information for the best ways to deal with certain issues, students and to teach the different systems.
The entire experience was very interesting and I look forward to going back to my placement school in August.
