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Outdoor Ed: Reflection on the year

1.  The best thing I remember from this year is doing the interpretation with the younger kids. I enjoyed learning the material and delivering it to the younger kids. I liked talking and teaching them things I learned. 2.  The most challenging part of outdoor ed this years was doing all of the paper work. I found that all of the work sheets was a little challenging. I also found canoeing for a long period of time was challenging. The long canoe ride really tested my patience. 3.   The most interesting part of outdoor ed was building quinsies. I had never heard of quinsies before I entered outdoor ed. Even though I didn’t get to see the final part it was stilll interesting. 4.   I would have liked more group work. It’s more productive and fun to work with other people then it is to work alone. I find working with groups easier and the opinions of other people are usually very valueable. 5.  I learned a lot and gained a lot of skills which may help me in the future.        - tyi
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Whole day river trip

what I did well?       I think that I did a pretty good job avoiding rocks, sweepers and strainers. Matthew and I didn’t flip our canoe, we got stuck 2-4 times but we jiggled our way though it. What I need to improve?      I need to work on paddling with a better pace. What I really enjoyed?      I enjoyed going through the rapids. I also enjoyed seeing the bus and taking breaks. What I found difficult? Why?      I found padding for a long time difficult, because it made by arm and shoulder tired. Would I recommend canoe trip in the futur? Why/why not?      I would recommend this for the futur because it was a fun experience and I think everyone should try this once in their life.

Gear list

- jacket - proper shoes -cap - sunglasses -sunblock - towel -water -extra clothes - foods -wear clothing that dry fast - waterproof bag to put your stuff in -whistle -bailing buckets - rope

Garde 4 interprétation

1. Using the whiteboard worked well with the kids, it helped them better comprehend the concept. 2. Letting the kids make their own team, talking for a long time 3. The kids throwing the sponges at each other 4. We had a couple groups with outstanding students 5. We could maybe play another game, let the kids do some more talking, 6. This was a very fun experience, it gave me an insight on the difficulty’s my teachers face on a daily bases.

What I learned from Interpretation with Barret Miller

It was a beautiful Friday morning, a perfect day to learn. The day started with us going to the Art room to meet Barret. He talked about what he does at Fortwhyte Alive and some of his experiences as a professional interpreter. Then we went through the circle and everyone said their name and what we are excited about and what we are scared of. He talked about some changes we could make on the document. Then we went through the circle and did an interpretation of our first stations. Matthew, Max and I went first, we only got 10 - 15 mins to orgainze what we were going to say. This was not enough time becuase this was the first time we had even gazed at this document. But despite that we did our best. We weren’t so spread out on the reading, Matthew ended up reading more then Max and I. Barret suggested that we spread out the reading and use a whiteboard to visualize the water cycle. After, we finished going through the whole circle, Barret talked a bit about Tilden Freeman. He asked

Interpretation with Barret Miller

Tomorrow Barret Miller is coming to our outdoor ed class to teach us about interpretation. Some of the question I might ask (related to my stations) are: 1. What is a good technique to make the kids keep their interest on us? 2. How would I connect my game to the concept? 3. How do I deliver the information to kids and make them understand without boring them? 4. How long should I talk about the information of my station, before I start explaining my game? 5. When would I ask questions, during the interpretation? 6. Is it important to tell the kids all of the information on the outline or should I summarize the information? 7. One of my stations is critter dipping, what would be the best way to persuade the kids to learn about the bugs? 8. What are the different styles of interpreters?

River Canoeing

The day started with us unloading the canoes. I was partnered with Gavin. We had a little argument about who would get stern, I gave up after 2 minuets and let Gavin be stern. We lifted the canoe and placed in the water sideways, this was becaucuse the river was flowing in the direction we placed the canoe. It was a little tough getting the canoe to move, mostly because of Gavin but when it started moving it was moving good. After everyone was on a canoe and were floating safely, Mr. Colson thought us how to do a ferry. This was pretty easy, Gavin and I got this on our first try. Then we moved on down the river, when we got to the first rapids, Mr.Colson stopped us and told us to go one at a time and to stay staring in the rapids. The rapids were pretty fun, I don’t think anyone got stuck at these rapids. We saw some sweepers and strainers through our whole trip. Kalean and Tyler were the first ones to get stuck, they got stuck in a sweeper. Then Jayden and Nathan got stuck on a