Ed. Week post (catch up #5)

In the Ed. Week January 12 issue the article, “Simulations Helping Novices Hone Skills” talks about the TeachMe program that the University of Central Florida created. Using online technology teacher candidates can practice real life classroom issues in a virtual classroom. I love this idea, it may not be perfect but it would help teachers in training to be better at anticipating certain situations and how to deal with them, kinda like in our classroom management class. The simulations are not to take the place of face-to-face student teaching but hone our classroom management skills.