I read three different posts. The first one is about the difference between the difference between sheer numbers and actually doing something that has meaning. If I was to go hunting and saw a heard of caribou and fired 100 shots at them with out aiming then I would most likely not hit anything. but if I had one shot and aimed it well then I would hit what I'm aiming for. Meaning, know what our target audience is and aim for them. 100 minutes of speaking does no good if we do not reach our target. Relating to teaching, bluntly, we can talk out of both sides of our rear ends until we turn blue but if we do not reach students, whats the point?
The second is about the necessity to un-nerd (if that is a new word I claim it) being tech capable for all professions because it is becoming more apparent today that a lack of knowledge is detrimental for themselves and for the people they try to help.
Lastly I read this article. This is a fun article that shows a lighter side to help improve the atmosphere in the classroom that is much more productive then a tense moody classroom.
The first post you read sounds interesting. It is very important that we are relevant to what we are teaching and that children can relate to what they are learning. Understanding what the children's prior knowledge is is very important to making learning meaningful and relative.
ReplyDeleteTeaching without meaning is just a waste of time. Where did your first post come from? I'd like to go look at it.
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