Archive for November, 2007
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One of my recent goals was to become more politically informed/active. Moving from a blue state and a sort of “purpley” family, to a very red state has really opened my eyes to a variety of stiff and odd things, in addition to some OK things; and really caused me to evaluate where I stand. [...]
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Review and such.
Tuesday was the second day of recovering from a too-short vacation. Coming back to Provo and sleepily walking to school in the forty-degrees-cooler air was a shocker, and admittedly, still is. It’s like bodysurfing in February. Only worse. It’s nice to be back though, I can finally say on Wednesday night.
Tuesday’s class helped ease me [...]
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GPS!
Today’s visit to Mountain Ridge showed me that you need to have examples and activities that the students can get excited about if you want the best interaction and learning. Pliers? Not cool. Shoes? Better. GPS? Sweet! When I was filming today, I got a chance to see all the students that were in my [...]
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I know you can talk.
So, on the whole, our teaching experience at Mountain Ridge went well. To be honest though, the class had an interesting mix of spaz and zombie. Nothing too out of control… it was just another part of really teaching. A classroom is not filled with robot-children programmed to be participating and well-behaved. I learned that [...]
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Today.
Today was a very Thursday kind of day… the kind of day where it feels like the end of the week because you’re a little worn out, but still painfully aware that the week is not yet over. Tomorrow is Friday, though; and that is some consolation. Our group was all in our Thursday mood. [...]
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Getting ready.
I am excited to have a group teaching experience next week at Mountain Ridge. Planning was great because everyone was enthusiastic and contributed. I am supremely distracted right now. I’ve had the same opening sentences for about an hour, maybe more… between phone calls, trimming paper, and wimping out and turning on the heater, I [...]
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On camera.
Watching myself teach about farms was a little boring… a little painful… but also a little reassuring. I say boring because it was just that. I spent more time learning about farms than I did deciding how to make farms appear awesome. I say painful because I could see where I came short– in my [...]
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