Looking Back/Moving Forward

I feel like I have had several successes along the way with VTS especially since the beginning. The first discussion was miserable. The students hated it. I hated it. It was like pulling teeth to get the students to speak. The turning point was when I started choosing my own images and using photographs since it was a photography class. I learned the power of the image and since then the discussions began to flow for the most part. I have really enjoyed getting to know my students through this process and have learned so much about listening to them and letting them think. I will continue to use VTS in my classroom and I want to incorporate the technology at our school into the process in some way. We have smart boards which could even allow for the students to be more interactive in the discussion.