Nancy Bosch's Discussions
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- Tell about your involvement in education, and your ideals for collegial sharing
- I've been teaching for 25 years in a state mandated, special education program for gifted elementary students. I have opinions about everything based mostly on life experience not research.
- About Me:
- I've been married to the same person, Paul, for 36 years and have three grown sons and a very large dog.
- Website:
- http://adifferentplace.org
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I lived in Reston from 1969 to 1984.
Sorry to be uninteresting in person and conversation - wish you joy in your travels.
Ian
I'm getting on a bit too - abd where I'm at is - how do we scaffold good thinking skills - in critical thinking? And how do we encourage students to hold enough information in their own minds for the possibility of aha!s occur? And how do we provide a classroom where persistence is a value which our students take up? Indeed, how ell do we model persistence ourselves? We can tell the story of Edison and the light bulb filament. In an appropriate context we could tell the story of the first anti-syphilis drug - it was named 601 (I may get the number wrong) - because it was the 601st combination tried, and the first one that worked. But transfer from story to practice is a whole 'nother story. Yet, there you are, our young staff shake their heads at me thinking I'm out of it and probably hoping I'll retire early. But then, they don't know that a lot of their modern exciting educational ideas have been around on our merry-go-round before!
And I reckon it's even worse at the gifted gatherings. The last thing that's needed is mental fairy-floss, and that's what we so often get.
Hence my admiration too for Gary Stager (in small doses) and Edward R Tufte. The key quote from Gary (I think it was Gary) a year or two ago in an Australian conference was 'You'll see I've broken all the rules of powerpoint because I wanted to convey some information'
I'm still looking for think'n tools - the gee gaws are fun, but so often distracting.
With all the discussion about navigating multiple networks it might be better to focus the crowd in one area--CROWD CONTROL!!. There is a forum started for Tech Tools for Gifted Education (it's empty right now) and I could add some of my stuff there. http://giftededucation.ning.com/group/techtoolsforgiftededucation Let me know what you think. N
I'm wondering if you would like to start a group about gifted education here. I know there are a lot of people who would be interested.
Congratulations on such a long and successful marriage. Beyond thirty-five years puts you in rarer and rarer company these days. Also, love A Different Place. Well done with that, quite impressive. We are luckty to have you with us.
Welcome...it's wonderful to have your presence. You have a way of getting people to think and talk about things. Your experience with leadership at CR2.0, and your years of experience in teaching will bring a lot to Fireside. So glad to have your participation here--much valued.
BYW, we need more people to start forums!
Welcome! Look forward to eavesdropping on your life experience!