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Monday, June 28, 2010
Open Forum
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I was watching the movie Freedom Writer's today and thought about all of you. If any of you haven't seen this movie it is a great movie that touches on a lot of topics we have talked about so far. ENJOY!
Kristin - I love that movie. It's inspiring to see what can happen when a mind can be captured. Great stuff - I am getting excited to see everyone later this month.
Our new tech lady at school has some great ideas that I thought linked really well to what we have been talking about. Here is a link to her page. http://misstechlady.pbworks.com/
I read the article “What Makes a Great Teacher?”. This article was written by six prominent educators, they described what they felt were the most important qualities of an effective teacher. They were fairly self-explanatory. “Humility in an Age of Hubris” – understanding that you may not know everything and that being willing to learn from others. “Excitement About Learning”- exactly what it says, being excited about what you are teaching and how you are teaching it. “Making Meaning”- having students’ practice critical thinking and problem solving, along with collaboration and communication. “Reflecting on How You Teach” – “It’s not the doing that matters; it’s the thinking about the doing.” – John Dewey “Willingness to Grow” – having the desire to continue to grow and meet students’ changing needs. “Designing Good Questions” – designing good questions are the key to success in any lesson format.
So What?? After reading this article I felt it connected well to this program. We are all here to continue to grow, show excitement and learn from others. If all educators think about these six important qualities students would gain so much more and we as educators would be that much more effective!
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ReplyDeleteI was watching the movie Freedom Writer's today and thought about all of you. If any of you haven't seen this movie it is a great movie that touches on a lot of topics we have talked about so far. ENJOY!
ReplyDeleteKristin - I love that movie. It's inspiring to see what can happen when a mind can be captured. Great stuff - I am getting excited to see everyone later this month.
ReplyDeleteOur new tech lady at school has some great ideas that I thought linked really well to what we have been talking about. Here is a link to her page.
ReplyDeletehttp://misstechlady.pbworks.com/
Kristin - that is awesome.
ReplyDeleteI read the article “What Makes a Great Teacher?”. This article was written by six prominent educators, they described what they felt were the most important qualities of an effective teacher. They were fairly self-explanatory.
ReplyDelete“Humility in an Age of Hubris” – understanding that you may not know everything and that being willing to learn from others.
“Excitement About Learning”- exactly what it says, being excited about what you are teaching and how you are teaching it.
“Making Meaning”- having students’ practice critical thinking and problem solving, along with collaboration and communication.
“Reflecting on How You Teach” – “It’s not the doing that matters; it’s the thinking about the doing.” – John Dewey
“Willingness to Grow” – having the desire to continue to grow and meet students’ changing needs.
“Designing Good Questions” – designing good questions are the key to success in any lesson format.
So What??
After reading this article I felt it connected well to this program. We are all here to continue to grow, show excitement and learn from others. If all educators think about these six important qualities students would gain so much more and we as educators would be that much more effective!
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1qb82/TheSuperBookofWebToo/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freetech4teachers.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fsuper-book-of-web-tools-for-educators.html
ReplyDeletehere is a link that has tons of technology resources... patricia including some for ELL ENJOY!
Interesting BBC video about Finland schools
ReplyDeletehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8601207.stm