tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154418.post2420289784326742460..comments2024-03-08T05:58:28.168-06:00Comments on A Difference: Things They Should Have Taught MeDarren Kuropatwahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08462283847470560887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154418.post-36898645440096703242008-05-26T03:28:00.000-05:002008-05-26T03:28:00.000-05:00Ok, I loved the one about "If you make certain ver...Ok, I loved the one about "If you make certain very egregious errors .." and have definitly stolen that one for my board... My kids favoriet is the poster I made that say,"NEVER miss a good opportunity to SHUT-UP".. Anytime someone comes out with the really stupid gaffe, they all point to the back of the room where it hangs. I think the way we use humor has to depend on our personalities, and you will never see prep courses really demonstrate it to the level some of us use (abuse?) it..Pat's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234744401613958081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154418.post-88166500584777738452008-05-10T07:14:00.000-05:002008-05-10T07:14:00.000-05:00Thanks for the reminders about creating an engagin...Thanks for the reminders about creating an engaging environment! And thank you for sharing your slides. I always get great ideas about how to structure my own (I wish I had some way to easily capture the students' work on the board).<BR/><BR/>You might find some of the virtual experiments on <A HREF="http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Experiments.html" REL="nofollow">this site</A> to be of use in your stats work.<BR/><BR/>I don't know where I heard this, but it has helped a few kids understand the Normal Distribution: "What's the sound of a normal distribution?" The sound of microwave popcorn being popped.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for all of the great work that you share. I may not comment often, but I love reading your posts. I learn a great deal.Jackie Ballarinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859831037023994373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154418.post-49228344563586635142008-05-08T11:06:00.000-05:002008-05-08T11:06:00.000-05:00This reminded of this post I read yesterday about ...This reminded of this post I read yesterday about entertainment, engagement and ownership. http://www.leadertalk.org/2008/05/the-third-e.html<BR/><BR/>We likely have many teachers who do what you do with entertainment and engagement but perhaps not with ownership. <BR/><BR/>The great thing about you is that you've clearly established a pattern of ownership for students that is the core of your work. Great to see you talk about entertainment and engagement. Those three ideas are beginning to emerge as the core of good teaching, at least for me anyways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154418.post-12792658174544207202008-05-08T09:57:00.000-05:002008-05-08T09:57:00.000-05:00Ha, I can use some of these!> Why don't they teach...Ha, I can use some of these!<BR/><I>> Why don't they teach this stuff to pre-service K12 teachers?</I><BR/>(a) Learning by discovery is Ed School dogma. Ha. "I must laugh or I would cry." <BR/>(b) Alas, some cherubs see teacher humor as their own clown license. - GJG Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14752825155678913952noreply@blogger.com