EdTech Daily. 40 Incredible Blogs That Are Changing Education. Does A College Degree Actually Help In A Recession? 3.09K Views 0 Likes Your parents always encouraged you to do well in school, so that you could go to a good college. Once there, they would encourage you to study hard so that you could get a good job. Or at least that was what was supposed to happen. But in the midst of a recession that's been going on for awhile, most news that we see says that jobs are being lost, not gained. 10 Degrees for the New Economy 4.30K Views 0 Likes The economy is tumultuous, and as people graduate from high school and seek a career path, there is concern about what career to pursue.
21st Century School Teacher - Nicole's Blog. I just started putting together my new website for my classroom.
I haven't gotten too far, but I thought I'd add a post here to let you know where you can build a free website, too. I have used Weebly --it's very intuitive, and you can easily upgrade to a web domain that you choose (this website is built on Weebly). I am just getting to know TEACHER BLOG IT and I'm lovin' it as well. It doesn't get any easier to quickly create a website that students can go to and get information fast.
I just set up a blogging unit for the novella Of Mice and Men--I set up blogs for all the primary characters, added a picture, and just like that I have an engaging lesson unit where students can collaborate. Teacherwebit Weebly Snap Pages Yola Webs Web Node. #Change11 Is mentoring the way to Slow Learning. Slow Learning through mentoring and coaching.
Based on Clark’s presentation, and the sage on the side – with mentoring as a way to learn, your performance would improve with the help of a coach. Mentoring is a perfect model for anyone learning through an apprenticeship program, whether it is traditional apprenticeship or cognitive apprenticeship, I suppose. I have reflected on mentoring in the networks and communities here. Is mentoring suitable for everyone? No, perhaps. I do not think that a personal learning mentor would be my ideal learning situation. I reckon there is a subtle difference between learning and performance. Myth 1 – People learn best by themselves, but people perform best with others. Stephen shares his views on informal learning here: In the case of informal learning, however, the structure is much looser.
The individual performance resulting from mere personal learning could be limited, due to the limited perspectives and capability one has. What is the reality? Meaning first, homework second. I have stopped assigning daily required homework to my students.
Over the last 4 years of my teaching career, I assigned daily homework, and at the start of each class I would "check", or assess, the completion of their work. When I started to think about it, what I was doing could be considered malpractice. The Amaryllis: Teaching Process and Planning. Now that I have begun to understand inquiry a little better, I realize that when I've assigned projects in the past, I've done way too much work for my students.
The projects that I thought were amazing rich learning because they looked so beautiful when they were submitted, were actually little more than hoop jumping. It was I who designed the format, created the planning sheets, selected the format for notetaking, and provided models of finished products. Students never had to devise their own innovative procedures. Toss that idea! How can students possibly learn to develop a research project, unless they are given the opportunity to plan and develop the processes? For my grade 6 students, I've changed my approach. What I have done, is give each student a file folder in which to keep the project and on the inside cover, they are to record their process and plan next steps. During our meeting I asked questions. What have you done so far? Please read the comments on this post as well.