On the first day of school, I usually have my students complete a student inventory worksheet. This worksheet allows me to get to know
them. Last year, I attempted to create a spreadsheet to organize this data. Unfortunately I got inundated with other school related stuff. So this year, I am going to at least go through ten per day for each class and quiz myself by having brief conversations with my students with the related the information from the student inventory. Yes, a successful execution with its intended purpose…
Student inventories are done, now what?
September 5, 2012
Pedagogy, Teaching Education, Teaching 1 Comment
Sep 06, 2012 @ 09:19:39
I do something similar. I just create a Google form and have the students fill it in so I have the information that way. You’re right, getting to actually use it later isn’t always easy, but over the course of the first week or so I try to get through everyone…even if it’s a quick glance. But I also use that information (the little tidbits), for filling out my seating chart. Next to their name on the chart, I find one detail from their form, “huge baseball fan”, and stick it with their name. So as I see their name, I’ll hopefully remember at least this ONE thing.