Good Morning, I am currently doing an EDTECH professional development program and one task is to have a friend meet me and my group online at 7 pm EST tonight. Anyone free and interested?
In settings activate teachers mode (trial) and s...See MoreIf any english teacher abroad could test the last beta of the android app i'm working on I'd apreciate it. This app is for students to train auxiliary verbs, as a teacher best used one-on-one with a student.
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men52No, I don't think much growth happens with students who are mismatched with teacher teaching style and the student's learning style. We experienced that just last year with our own now fourth grader. He completely shut down in the classroom to the point where the school had these huge teams of professionals meeting every 3 months to figure out what...See MoreNo, I don't think much growth happens with students who are mismatched with teacher teaching style and the student's learning style. We experienced that just last year with our own now fourth grader. He completely shut down in the classroom to the point where the school had these huge teams of professionals meeting every 3 months to figure out what was wrong with him and how to motivate him. We had to endure 7 months of blame- how we weren't good parents, how he was lazy,etc. We knew it was that particular teacher's teaching style and her inflexibility in making any concessions to provide opportunities to learn in ways that he was successful at. It was her way only. What a huge difference in the last 2 months of school when he had a sub and this year is even better. His brain is doing just fine and there was no permanent damage done from such a negative classroom experience. (Found out since that there have been several children who also have had horrid 4th grade years with that same teacher) So my belief is that it is up to the teacher, who is the professional, to change the classroom environment to engage the student, not force students to participate. I don't care if this is a class assignment since this is just my opinion, not fact based