This is a beginning for me, something new. Technology and I rarely get along well, so I'm apprehensive about this particular medium, but being a teacher, we go with the flow (sometimes our mantra, I think), and learn what we can to give our students all the opportunities in the world.
I wanted this first entry for two reasons: One, a test to see if I actually did it and others can read it; and two, an apology in advance for all the times I will probably mess up the tech!
I'm looking forward to this (I feel) "meaty" class. Hopefully lol and the like can be included here and read as intended to show context and emotion. One of the reasons I don't like the tech is I feel we are somehow getting away from being able to converse with people. That being said, expect text speak and icons from me, just to clarify how I'm feeling about what I write.
Thanks for your time, All! I shall "see" you in class soon!
Kelley, just a thank you for making sure to include me at your table during class. I feel more a part of the group and I appreciate it.
Deb
Debbie,
ReplyDeleteWe can read your blog loud and clear! Your idea that that an article written in 1969 which describes a model of success that would appeal to us in 2013 struck me as a really close to home statement. I too wonder if education that is responsive to the individual needs of our students is in fact stagnant. That was certainly a thought that I had in the back of my mind. I hope that Goldman was just really ahead of his time. I know that some of my own experiences with teachers have been at level 1 or 0. I too feel like I did not get adequate training in this area, hence my desire to take this class. I'm looking forward to it too!
Eric
Deb, I am pondering many of the same issues. I think a thoughtful discussion for class would include what has changed since the time these articles were written, and what has stayed the same. In response to you, and Eric's comment above, education is constantly evloving and ever complacent. Educational practices sometime take a "full-circle" loop. Teachers say all the time "oh just wait 10 years and we will be using that philosophy again". I cannot remeber the source, but I read an article that discussed teacher PD, and it takes three years of constaint traning and implementation to really change your pratices. So even if we are trained on instructional practices, it takes time to move away from the way we learned. That being said, I find it so emotionally satisfying to go to a training, get new ideas and methods, and use them with my students. I just love that.
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