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A preschool teacher from the United States went viral this week with two videos in which he makes a online excursion with students at a zoo. Attention is drawn to the students’ engagement and enthusiasm when learning about the lives of animals. The recordings have been viewed more than 1 million times on Tik Tok.
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Garrett Talcott is 32 years old and lives in Seattle. His class has 27 students. Talcott’s fiancé, Michael Rivera-Dirks, usually keeps track of classes and shares on social media.
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This week, Talcott changed his routine and took an “outside” class. He took the computer, connected to the internet, and broadcast the walk through the Woodland Zoo Park, stopping at the animal enclosures (see the video below).
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VIDEO: Preschool teacher in the US goes viral with online video lesson at the zoo
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When approaching one of them, the students already shout: “Penguins!”. Talcott approaches and asks the children if they know where they come from. “From the Arctic,” replies one of the students. The animal handler intervenes: “They are from South America, they live along the coast of Chile and Peru. All 17 species of penguins live below the Equator. So it’s not the Arctic, it’s Antarctica”, says the handler . Talcott takes the opportunity to teach where the Arctic and Antarctica are.
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A second video on the field lesson shows Talcott in the enclosures of large animals. The teacher presents students with a tapir. Then, it shows a rhino. At the end, the students say that the class was incredible and that they would like to participate in more outings with the teacher.
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In an interview with the American website Today Parents, Talcott says that the topic of animal habitats started to be discussed that week, so he had the idea to show the zoo. The professor called the institution first, to make sure that it was open and that there would be wi-fi for him to connect.
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“The idea was, instead of showing videos, we are going to take the zoo to the students. Teachers are the experts in their field. How nice to take them to the zoo and learn directly from the zookeepers, ”said Talcott to the website.
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Talcott told Today Parents that the goal in teaching is to engage students, because for many, online classes can be the highlight of the day. “Their energy fuels my heart. If I’m not exhausted when I disconnect that connection, I haven’t put all my effort into it.”
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