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FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).
This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!

Blog Post - Week 7
This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6
For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5
This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4
Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3
Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2
Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1
Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Toot a Horn or Not?

I know this is late, but with Skills USA competition this week, working on our industry certification, and getting ready for our 15th annual car show at the high school, I have not had a spare moment to collect my thoughts. I feel like I need to do this though, late or not.

The car show has been held at Jordan High School for the last 15 years and has been a huge event around Columbus for auto enthusiasts. This year was a little unusual. People entered anything from boats to tractors to hundred thousand dollar show cars. It is a huge fund raiser for the school. All different vocations and athletic teachers sell anything from candy to barbecue to hot dogs to tee shirts and hats. This year was the best yet. There were about 160 entries and also hundreds of people showed up and paid admission just to walk around and look at all the different entries. This is a good function for the school and a positive event for the community.

On another positive note, in the past, our school has gotten a lot of bad publicity for this or that, but this week, there was a good article in the Life and Taste section of the Ledger-Enquirer newspaper. Since I know a certain person won't toot his own horn, I'll toot it for him. There was a great article at Jordan on a certain Culinary Arts instructor, none other than Chef Austin "dangthatboycancook" Scott. The article covered the entire front page of that section, including four full color photographs, which included Chef and his students cooking, and another half page on the inside with some of the recipes the teens are cooking. This is a very impressive article, not only for the Culinary Arts department, but for Jordan High School as well, which is a positive PR shot in the arm that the school has been needing.

1 comment:

Jessie H said...

I've included a link in Tony's post to the article he mentions about "DangthatBoyCanCook". Check it out!