All Blog Posts Tagged 'teacher' (5)

Cross-posted at Classroom 2.0 and ThinkTime.

Many teachers shy away from contemporary music. Why? It could be because their own teachers did the same.

That quote comes from Ann, an aspiring music educator at the … Continue

Which is it? A learning facilitator or a teacher? Which of those would better serve the future of education? The future of today’s students? .... My full blog post is here: http://ortals.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/facilitatorteacher/ and it is following the blog post by our member, WMChamberlain here : http://attheteachersde… Continue

April 24, 2009 … Continue

Many of us are interested in using primary sources in our work and the work of students. I am especially reminded of our friend Nancy Bosch and her excellent work with students as shared with us in A Very Old Place. Many of us would like to use primary sources in teaching our students. We may need a bit of guidance, so I would refer you to Nancy's blog and the efforts of… Continue

Teachers have a job like no one else. No kidding. Get unruly with a cop you can get arrested or detained. Get unruly at a restaurant and you’ll be refused service. Get unruly with your partner and they will tell you to get out. But, get unruly in a K-12 class and the responsibility of a teacher is to run through their discipline system with the priority to keep you in class and have you be educated. My discipline system worked like this: - first incident of disrupting class was a verbal warn… Continue