ASP Tech Club Visit #4

Our fourth ASP visit was a continuation of the lesson we started in week two.  To recap, the students had chosen specific Montana animals to research, and had found at least five facts about that animal.  On this day, we showed the students how to use Google Images to find photos of their animal.  We had several issues with this visit, the first being scheduling.  After School Program the week before Thanksgiving had been canceled, and of course we did not have ASP on Thanksgiving day.  Thus, it had been basically three weeks since we had seen the students, and since they had touched their projects.  Second, we had quite a few new students for this class, and had to differentiate for those who had not prepared for this Thursday's work.  Third, there was a new student in the class who had emotional difficulties, and broke down in the middle of the class.  Thankfully one of the usual ASP teachers was present, and told us about his difficulties.  The teacher took the student by himself for a while, and he suddenly calmed down and finished two days-worth of work in about half an hour.  This turn-around was fascinating, and the calm way that the teacher handled the situation was key.  Overall, this day was a lot of new information and methodical work for the students, but I was impressed with their work ethic, and they got a lot of work done.  They are almost ready to create their final videos.