Archive for September, 2007
Please go away.
Ok…. Once upon a time Ashley, Becky and I went to Dixon Middle School to visit Mr. Wardle. We got there on time and checked in at the office. The receptionist thought it was odd that we would choose Thursday, September 27th to observe, but let us proceed. We went out into the hallway, got [...]
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A moment of teaching.
Well, the last class was pretty good… I enjoyed watching my classmates teach. Some did a great job, and I took note of a few tricks to incorporate into the way I teach. One thing I failed to do was ask questions directed at individuals, as a part of checking for understanding. I just kind [...]
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Girls can do anything boys can!
Last Thursday was my second middle school visit. This time I went to Mr. Hunter’s CTE class at Oak Canyon. When I arrived, they were analyzing data from their last project, paper platform strength and design. The data was sorted according to the individual’s gender, class period, and their platform’s strength. One student was able [...]
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Methods.
Can I first say that over the past four days I have been to two of the most beautiful concerts of my life? Wow.
Rocky Votolato on Saturday.
Damien Rice yesterday.
It really doesn’t get any better.
Learning and Teaching for Exponential Growth had some great ideas in it. There are a couple ideas that I want to incorporate [...]
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Building bridges.
Today I visited Mr.Throckmorton’s class at Centennial Middle School. Well, I’ll be totally honest– walking into a completely indoor school was crazy. I’d never experienced indoor hallways until today. They don’t have those in Southern California. That hallway was packed with kids! I had to laugh a little because when I got inside and saw [...]
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…so they’ll never find you.For those of you who were wondering about my URL, my inspiration was the song Non-photo Blue by Pinback, a rock group from my very own San Diego. It’s a pretty cool song… I was listening to it while I created my blog. Go look them up. They’re excellent, especially live. [...]
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Learning.
Today in class I realized that I didn’t learn anything my freshman year. Here’s why:
Learning is the acquisition of knowledge through study, experience, or teaching. It involves more than just listening, regurgitation, or memorization. Learning requires a multi-sensory process that can happen immediately, or through periods of study and review. If one has truly learned [...]
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Science?
Description, analysis, action.
Dewey was a pretty smart guy, with his theory on how to process life’s experiences and all… these three steps take me back to my not-so-far past, when I was 17 years old and taking AP Biology… scraping together lab reports with a bit of scattered and inconclusive data. If I remember correctly, [...]
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