Students as the Teacher

As teachers, we want to give our students the best experience possible.  We work hard to provide meaningful opportunities to let students reach their own goals.  Today I was working with a class of students to prepare them to use the Spelling City app.  This is a new app for the teacher, but a familiar app to others and she is eager to get started using this with her class.  We helped the students download the app and find the current list of spelling words.

Then the magic happened!  It wasn't about the teacher standing up in front of the class to give step by step directions.  It was about the students sharing their own experiences with the website to further their learning.  Every student in the class wanted to say something they had experienced using this app.  Soon there was a light buzz throughout the room as students were sharing with each other.  The conversations kept going!

Today was a great day with students, for students, by students!