Job Fair Reflection

On Tuesday January 17 we had for the first half of class the Job fair simulation, which having just gotten home from the job fair was super helpful. The one on one time with my teachers from the program really aided me in my two interviews this weekend. I was able to visit four tables during this job fair simulation. I spoke with the Fort mac public board, which I had an interview this weekend at the job fair, it was super helpful in preparing me in for the interview I had, I also spoke with Garnet and Joanne, who both were really helpful. I really found this helpful in preparing us for interviews and how to handle ourselves at the job fair. Some of the challenges were that there were so many of us there that some people did not get to see …show more content…
We discussed this, which is a chance for students to take a break during class to stop what they are doing to reflect on what is happening, to recall their lessons, and gain an understanding of what is being said to them. We actually had a chance to experience writing breaks in the class during a video. One thing I found that I was able to focus more on the movie when I had the questions first. I really liked the suggestion of if there is time to play it twice, once with out the questions and the second time giving the questions. Adaptations may be needed for students who need it. I feel this would be something helpful to use within the social studies classroom. Especially when having a lecture based class. Giving the chance for students to take a break during a lecture will help them process what is going on and being able to reflect and process what is being taught. Even when watching a video or a historical interview or movie giving theses writing breaks provides a chance for students to think about what is going on and what they are retaining and then they can put it into words. This will definitely be something I would like to try with my grade nines from