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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, November 25, 2007

Resources.









Ya know, the more I look the more I find. Being an Automotive Instructor, I once thought that 95% of my resources were "hard parts" such as wheels, water pumps, A-tech trainers ect.. . I am now finding that I can teach as much if not more from the classroom and my need for "hard parts" is still there, but other resources are just as beneficial.

I just came back from Durhamtown Plantation in Union Point, GA for a weekend race/ride. While I was down there, not only did I pick up a ton of literature that could be used but I also took some pictures. Not just your basic pictures on me jumping some crazy ramps on a motorcycle or ATV, but some pictures that would rattle the minds of my students and teach them more about the Automotive and Motorcycle cultures. I also took many pictures of different things that could be used for identification purposes. Its not cool to take your job on vacation with you, but sometimes its your job that takes you on the vacation that you are going on.

Also, on the trip back home I stop by Wal-Mart to have some pictures developed. As I'm waiting I decide to blunder through one of those 2 for $10 video bins. Needless to say, I have come to expect nothing good out of these bins, and that's exactly what was in them. I have seen the movie "Tucker" once a few years ago. It was "just OK", but not good enough to watch multiple times. As I pic it up, I can see that being a biography about a man that made and manufactured his very own automobile that was way ahead of time would now become a useful learning tool to prompt further investigations in my classroom. It pays to use perspective sometimes.

BTW, my second movie for my 2 for $10 deal was "Supercross: The movie" which can also be used in the curriculum frameworks.

3 comments:

garyb said...

Good choice on the Tucker movie!!! I was reading about Walt Disney and how he was such a bad business man. If the only people that went into business knew what they were doing what would the world be like? There will always be room for the Tucker's.

Jessie H said...

Wow! Awesome photo. And a great post. Thanks!

Julie J. said...

This is a great picture! I would never be that brave though!