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Apple Seed for Sunday, 29 January 2017

by Barb S. hs/ret

Jan 29, 2017

<h3><font color=red>Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

<i>~ Frank A. Clark</i></h3></font>

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Re: New Teachers

by Pablo

Jan 29, 2017

I couldn't agree more with the insinuator's approach, specially with his last paragraph. But it is difficult to be liked if you don't share your students' interests.

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Like vs respect Adults wanting to be "liked" is the problem we are seeing with kids today. Parents want their kids to like them so they impose no rules or restrictions and we have to deal with it in the classroom. Teachers and parents want to be their friend so the kids will like them. Hogwash!

Teachers need to earn their students' respect. Succ...See More

Jan 29, 2017

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New teachers

by Mridley

Jan 25, 2017

I am a student that is going to become a techer. I have a couple of questions for you. What is the philosophy that you institute in your classroom

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theinsinuator On 1/25/17, Oldie but goodie wrote: > Sadly, it's whatever philosophy the district is embracing this > year. Gone are the days of "doing your own thing" and now we > must march in step to the the tune of the district.

Mridley, you can rightly ignore the empty, bitter drivel posted by the sadsack above. If by "philos...See MoreOn 1/25/17, Oldie but goodie wrote: > Sadly, it's whatever philosophy the district is embracing this > year. Gone are the days of "doing your own thing" and now we > must march in step to the the tune of the district.

Mridley, you can rightly ignore the empty, bitter drivel posted by the sadsack above. If by "philosophy," you mean theories of learning like cognitivism, constructivism, etc., I would say an effective teacher will gravitate toward one or a combination over others, but that detailed thinking about theory does not inform the design of their units of instruction. And in the classroom, well, it is not a theoretical realm, and best avoided by anyone wishing to prove a theory.

If by "philosophy", you mean "approach to teaching," which is what I hope you mean, you are asking the right question. My philosophy is to blend interactive direct instruction with student-directed tasks that move the students toward independent understanding and mastery of the learning objective. If they can teach it back to me, then I know they've got it. They watch me do, they help me do, then they do themselves. In a now tired metaphor, I am like a coach, though far better dressed, who dreams up the drills that will help the team and the individuals improve. At the same time, the coach sequences the drills to maximum positive effect. In the metaphor the "drills" are the content of class time, and also assessments but we'll leave that for another time. I want the students to spend class time, as often as possible, in challenging performance situations. It sounds a bit Spartan on the page but when that performance situation is to act as a lawyer defending her client against a school that won't take the "F" off of her college transcript, making it impossible for her to apply to Harvard, then you can appreciate the breadth with which "performance situation" can be perceived and used in your favor. Ideally your class will never be boring, and will always advance understanding. This won't happen but nevertheless should be your goal.

And be liked. Kids don't learn from people they don't like. Hence poor Oldie up there.

Jan 29, 2017

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Pablo On 1/29/17, theinsinuator wrote: > On 1/25/17, Oldie but goodie wrote: >> Sadly, it's whatever philosophy the district is embracing this >> year. Gone are the days of "doing your own thing" and now we >> must march in step to the the tune of the district. > > Mridley, you can rightly ignore the empty, bitter dri...See MoreOn 1/29/17, theinsinuator wrote: > On 1/25/17, Oldie but goodie wrote: >> Sadly, it's whatever philosophy the district is embracing this >> year. Gone are the days of "doing your own thing" and now we >> must march in step to the the tune of the district. > > Mridley, you can rightly ignore the empty, bitter drivel posted > by the sadsack above. If by "philosophy," you mean theories of > learning like cognitivism, constructivism, etc., I would say an > effective teacher will gravitate toward one or a combination > over others, but that detailed thinking about theory does not > inform the design of their units of instruction. And in the > classroom, well, it is not a theoretical realm, and best avoided > by anyone wishing to prove a theory. > > If by "philosophy", you mean "approach to teaching," which is > what I hope you mean, you are asking the right question. My > philosophy is to blend interactive direct instruction with > student-directed tasks that move the students toward independent > understanding and mastery of the learning objective. If they can > teach it back to me, then I know they've got it. They watch me > do, they help me do, then they do themselves. In a now tired > metaphor, I am like a coach, though far better dressed, who > dreams up the drills that will help the team and the individuals > improve. At the same time, the coach sequences the drills to > maximum positive effect. In the metaphor the "drills" are the > content of class time, and also assessments but we'll leave that > for another time. I want the students to spend class time, as > often as possible, in challenging performance situations. It > sounds a bit Spartan on the page but when that performance > situation is to act as a lawyer defending her client against a > school that won't take the "F" off of her college transcript, > making it impossible for her to apply to Harvard, then you can > appreciate the breadth with which "performance situation" can be > perceived and used in your favor. Ideally your class will never > be boring, and will always advance understanding. This won't > happen but nevertheless should be your goal. > > And be liked. Kids don't learn from people they don't like. > Hence poor Oldie up there.

Jan 29, 2017

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Hidden Figures

by EXCELLENT!

Jan 28, 2017

Went on a date night with my husband and family. Excellent company and excellent movie.

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ETT_SYCO On 1/28/17, EXCELLENT! wrote: > Went on a date night with my husband and family. Excellent > company and excellent movie. > Good to hear. More stories like this need to be told. Tons of history being missed.

Jan 28, 2017

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Positive person Superb movie! We need to teach this history!

On 1/28/17, EXCELLENT! wrote: > Went on a date night with my husband and family. Excellent > company and excellent movie. > > > >

Jan 28, 2017

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Learn student names/faces quickly and have fun

by Devina P

Jan 27, 2017

Does anybody have trouble remembering student names and faces, especially at the beginning of a school year? Research from Centers of Teaching & Learning shows there are many benefits for students and teachers when teachers learn student names/faces (including acceptance, support, and confidence)

I am working hard on building an app ex...See More

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theinsinuator On 1/27/17, Devina P wrote:

> I am working hard on building an app experience that will > help teachers match faces to names, and would love to > hear and learn from you.

Sorry Devina, but this is not a good idea, nor will there be any "app experience" for your potential users. Teachers should be interacting wit...See More

Jan 28, 2017

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Saturday survey

by All by myself

Jan 28, 2017

Which of these things would you do by yourself?

Eat at a fast casual restaurant

Eat dinner at a nice restaurant

Go to a movie

Attend a non-work party

Go to a bar

Take a cruise

Go on a vacation (not visiting friends or family)

Buy a car

Rent an apartment

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judycaret I'd do any of them by myself if that's what I wanted to do. I mean, I'm not afraid to do things by myself. However, I think most fun things are more fun with someone.

Jan 28, 2017

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wendy I'd do any of them except the bar/party. I don't enjoy those so I wouldn't do them with someone either.

Jan 28, 2017

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Apple Seed for Saturday, 28 January 2017

by Barb S. hs/ret

Jan 28, 2017

<h3><font color=purple>We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

<i>~ Mohandas Gandhi</i></h3></font>

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EXERCISE ROLL CALL - Friday

by Bev-MI

Jan 27, 2017

2 miles logged on at the pt workout this morning. WW weigh in showed a -1.8! Yea! Journaling every day and getting in activity with a tough mindset at meal times is what it takes. Feeling better, with leftover throat clearing.

A little snow on the ground with cold temps. This winter has not been too bad!!! Knock on wood.

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judycaret Congrats on your loss, Bev, that's great!

I only walked 6,500 steps on this lovely day because I also had errands to run. Now, except for the laundry I just started, I'm all caught up.

Jan 27, 2017

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Elaine/ret/IN Yay for you, Bev! I love the "journaling ever day and getting in activity with a tough mindset at meal times" philosophy. Profound.

Oh, JRod, you make me tired just reading your post. Three circuits--no wonder your feet finally yelled, "NO!"

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Jan 27, 2017

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Apple Seed for Friday, 27 January 2017

by Barb S. hs/ret

Jan 27, 2017

<h3><font color=navy blue>Winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed.

<i>~ Jean Paul</i></h3></font>

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Inspirational fun song for high school

by Novel

Jan 16, 2017

I need a well-known, lively, inspirational popular song for a very large group of students to sing. Been researching on internet and even the ones suggested specifically for high school have dodgy lyrics. Anyone have as any ideas, please???

P.S. Can't have Don't Stop Me Now, it's been booked.

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OP

Thank you again for all these great suggestions. I have a
new playlist :-)

Jan 19, 2017

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AM about playlist There used to be a board here where you took one of the starting letters in a song title and posted another song title with that letter. I used to cruise it for new and forgotten songs. That was a fun little board.

Jan 26, 2017

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