Live Stream and Social Media. NAP Members Area: EDEN Secretariat's blog: The Battle for Openness - Pre-#EDEN15 Conference Interview with Martin Weller. Steve Wheeler's interview with Martin Weller Now and then, I have the privilege to interview some great thought leaders in the field of education.
I usually feature them on this blog under the banner of 10Q - ten questions. Education: 5.5 Rhizomatic learning - OpenLearn - Open University - H817_1. Embracing Uncertainty: Rhizomatic Learning in Formal Education Dave Cormier Embracing uncertainty was a presentation that I gave in New Delhi a couple of weeks ago.
I thought it might be useful for me at least to go back right now and to take a look at what some of the ideas were inside of that, and see if I can pull them together in a ten minute piece to give to you guys, and see if I can’t get some feedback. So, Embracing Uncertainty, Rhizomatic Learning in Formal Education– it’s an attempt at trying to envision how to answer the question, ‘Why do we teach?’ And that presentation was really about pulling together five things that I thought, I think, about how to answer that question, and how rhizomatical learning in some ways can be an answer to that question. Why New Teachers Need Mentors. I'm 23, almost fresh out of graduate school when I move to Miami to teach American history at Palmer Trinity, an independent school in Palmetto Bay.
I have no friends or family nearby, and I'm completely unfamiliar with my surroundings. I'm also feverishly trying to get a firmer handle on my curriculum, and on making my lessons more relevant and engaging. Educational Leadership:Supporting New Teachers:The Good Mentor. James B.
Rowley Can you name a person who had a positive and enduring impact on your personal or professional life, someone worthy of being called your mentor? Had he or she been trained to serve in such a role or been formally assigned to help you? I frequently ask veteran teachers these questions.