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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?

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Question of the week 21st-28

Today my students make my day. I am very proud of my students for their accomplishment so far. When they started last August I had to hold their hands to do everything in the lab.

Today a student's mother brought her 1995 Infiniti for us to work on, she want to replaced the front and rear rotors, brake pads, along with both front lower control arms, both outer tie-rods and bellows.

I assigned five students to the job, they started at 12:30pm and the job was completed in less than 2 hours.
Normally I would assigned the brake job for one day and the rest for the following day but the students go a head and complete everything.

If this was done at a car dealership it would be approximately 16clock hours.

2 comments:

Jessie H said...

I need your students. My car has been making a squealing sound for two months and NO ONE that I've taken it to has been able to fix the problem. I've decided to drive it until it breaks down. Then, maybe the issue will be obvious and someone will fix it.

Steven Vinsant said...

I also had to "hold my students" hands during every lab that I conducted. This semester has been entirely different. The students have matured and have learned what I expect of them. The more advanced students are influencing the younger students to excel and to follow all lab rules and regulations.

PS - When my car breaks down, I just beg my wife to buy a new one.