Why should everyone use WBT in their classroom? Well, I attended a conference in Louisiana over the summer. It was AMAZING and has changed my life forever. I am a second year teacher and I only used a small amount of WBT my first year. I was really excited to start off a new year going FULL FORCE. I introduced it on the first day of school along with an explaination as to why we use WBT. The kids LOVED IT. Well if the kids love it why woudn't you use it? I recently asked my students to write why they love WBT. I picked the testimonies up and retyped them. I left everything word for word except I corrected the spelling so you could understand what they were trying to say. This was strickly volunteer basis and I didn't tell them what to say. This was all from their heart. I hope this encourages you to begin/ continue using WBT CONSISTANTLY. I'm completely SOLD OUT to it and would have it no other way. It wouldn't attach so I copied and pasted the typed testimonies below. Eleven out of fifteen students turned it in. You know how that goes! HA! Enjoy!
P.S. You will see many of the students make comments about singing songs. I LOVE to sing so I turn everything into a song.
Brittany James


Ms. James’ Student testimonies!
Testimony #1
The reason I really like whole brain teaching is because it really helps me remember everything for my test. I also like whole brain teaching because it is so much fun. I love all of the exciting gestures and the fun songs that Ms. James sings. I think all of the teachers should use whole brain teaching.
Testimony #2
Whole brain teaching helps me remember the stuff I learned. It also helps me by doing the gestures, and teach/okay. It also helps because when we turn to our partner we get to teach them, and they teach us. I like whole brain teaching because it is fun.
Testimony #3
All of my past and hopefully all of my future teachers have and will use whole brain teaching. I really love to use whole brain teaching because it is better than Ms. James just talking to us and giving us straight information. I also like that it keeps us awake with all of the moving around. That is why I love whole brain teaching.
Testimony #4
Whole brain teaching helps me learn better because I can get up and out of my chair, and it encourages me to learn more. Whole brain teaching also helps me understand more of what I am learning. It also lets me get involved.
Testimony #5
Whole brain teaching helps me by using gestures so that I can remember what I learned. It also makes studying easy. When I use whole brain teaching I also get a good grade. That is how much I like whole brain teaching.
Testimony #6
I like whole brain teaching because its fun and I can learn more by acting it out. I love whole brain teaching because I can teach other people that don’t know it. I like it because I can have more fun acting it out rather than just saying it.
Testimony #7
I like whole brain teaching because it helped me to understand more. Also, when we didn’t have whole brain teaching all we did was sit there and didn’t get our brains working. Last, I like whole brain teaching because you get to move around and sing.
Testimony #8
I like whole brain teaching because to me it is fun. It also brings excitement to our class. It is so awesome to do it. I like it a lot. To other people it is awesome.
Testimony #9
Whole brain teaching helps me learn because you will remember what you learned in class. The best thing about whole brain teaching is that if you forget the gesture you can learn from your partner when we do teach/okay.
Testimony #10
I like whole brain teaching because it helps my brain to remember a lot of stuff. I think whole brain teaching is a good thing because it helps you remember what you did in class. You need to do whole brain teaching because it gets you ready for what we are going to learn the second day. It is good to learn whole brain teaching and it is good for your brain. You can remember what you learned and show your mom and dad. Whole brain teaching can be used in all subjects. I like when we do whole brain teaching in reading. I am glad whole brain teaching was made. I like it because it helps me understand better.
Testimony #11
I like whole brain teaching because you learn more and know a lot more than what you knew before. If you do not participate you will not understand. Also, you will fail and you will get held back. I love to dance around and sing with everybody.




4th grade
Louisiana

Brittany
Great job with your continued use of WBT! The second year is much easier and it will continue to get that way. The kids' responses are super great here and real testimony of what you are doing. Keep up the good work and we'll see you in June. Chris