Methods
Teaching Kids to Get Things Done
I do not think it is too much of a stretch to say that most teachers see their role in the classroom as more than just imparting their content knowledge to their students. Obviously, we each are passionate about our own content, otherwise it would be unlikely we would commit so much of ourselves [...]
PowerPoint: Do No Harm
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot and how it applies to teaching is graphic design and PowerPoint. I think we’ve all seen and experienced atrocious PowerPoint presentations in our school or professional lives. As a teacher, how can I use this really powerful tool in a responsible and engaging manner? Dan Meyer of [...]
Blast From the Past: Good Thing I Wrote So Many Papers
Here is an article I wrote for my old blog on February 11th, 2007. I’ll be featuring some of these old articles over the next couple weeks.
I just finished watching, Akeelah and the Bee, Dead Poet’s Society, and Dangerous Minds for my Education in a Pluralistic Society class. I’m going to have to write [...]
Methods Recap, Part 2
My last post detailed what I thought about the class-aspect of my methods semester. The other part of methods is the actual field placement within a high school with a mentor teacher. I obviously viewed the time I spent in the classroom as a student this semester to be of questionable educational value– so how [...]
Methods Recap, Part 1
The first semester of every education student’s senior year at my university is spent in the “methods block,” or “methods,” for short. It basically consists of four classes and a placement at a high school or middle school. Time is spent between attending classes and attending the assigned field site. At first, we go to [...]