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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, October 28, 2007

Homecoming Week

Well, this week went fairly well. Lots of things going on. I won the future career day as a Motocross racer dressed in full gear. The teacher look alike day went well with over 40 Mr. Cloer is running around the building. Now its time to get back to the grindstone with the folks from the GA dept of education coming for observations as well as my county BOE and other teams. Seems like a tedious time to make it through with all the talks and threats about standards being recited by students and such. Ill follow up more about it after they come.

Also, they made us watch a video of a Cobb county math teacher tying the standards into the lesson. I'm wondering why they deleted the part where she threatened the children with their lives before filming. I don't know why they even bother to show this crap when it is skewed as badly as it is. They are coming to model this to our school. The class they have chosen is AP honors English with 12 students. I want to see them in a 9th grade math class with 28 students or any of my classes for that matter before they get my respect. Anyone can make a 12 student honors class go smooth as pie. Sorry for the venting, I obviously just don't get it sometimes.

3 comments:

Dwayne Connors said...

Politics!

JaJuan said...

I agree Shane! "any coach can look good with a team full of ALLSTARS"....But what about the "BAD NEWS BEARS" of this world??

Perry said...

hey jajuan i have coached that bad news bear team before...i agree shane..but of course i threaten my kids also the day before evals..hey shane i put a set of slip on pipes on my bike..it pops and cracks bad now also when it not wamred up in 4th adn 5th gear it loses power, (kinda like it ran out of gas)..do i need to jet or what's up with it?