i'll try to read those two then!
'why children fail' is good, yeah - it's very easy and pleasant to read and it's interesting - I read the later version, where he's annotating his own book, and it seemed like that'd be better. it's a bit dated fwiw but not totally so. i found it really spoke to me as the kind of teacher I am at this stage (4 yrs experience): he's very convincing about saying that imbuing a good learning strategy is the most important thing, and very honest about not really knowing how to do it (I'd love to read books that offered more on the latter, if you had any recommendations) but the stuff that really struck with me is the stuff that goes: sometimes you should asking the kid to work out the phoneme with a neutral expression and not-giving-away-the-answer and etc, and just read to the damn kid.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 18 June 2010 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
the meier/ravitch columns in ed week are a traet
― ico-friendly plaxic bottle (m bison), Friday, 18 June 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
they are, huh?
― ampersand (remy bean), Friday, 18 June 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
(that was meant sincerely, not sarcastically)
― ampersand (remy bean), Friday, 18 June 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I really want to read the Ravitch book - it's next on my list. Have you guys seen the interview she did recently in Slate?
― Mordy, Friday, 18 June 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's the Ravitch interview: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/05/17/diane-ravitch-on-being-wrong.aspx
What teaching related journals/magazines do you guys read regularly?
― Mordy, Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Also! Can any of you recommend a good history of pedagogy text?
― Mordy, Sunday, 20 June 2010 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
a history of pedagogy? why would you want to read that?
i imagine it might be more reasonable and useful to narrow it down by audience, context and content.
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 20 June 2010 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I was thinking something like this: http://books.google.com/books?id=bfITAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=history+of+pedagogy&source=bl&ots=xQOHCjbq9O&sig=4g2SYh77K-b1e0ZjdfRBC30CPcg&hl=en&ei=fogdTK70CYOmNfrAqcwM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
But more recent than 1905. I found this: http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Philosophy-Education-Blackwell-Companions/dp/0631228373/ref=pd_ybh_19?pf_rd_p=280800601&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=ybh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=054YP4HXE2WBKW0C0WM5
Which might actually be good, but I thought someone here might have a better idea. If not, I'll just go with probably the Blackwell thing.
― Mordy, Sunday, 20 June 2010 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry about the spammy links. Next time I'll just tinyurl it.
― Mordy, Sunday, 20 June 2010 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
also remy tell me your class! i bet that is an awesome class to be in.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Sunday, 20 June 2010 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
admrl, how'd you go about starting to teach video production to teenage latinas?
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Sunday, 20 June 2010 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
It's through a community arts program affiliated with my school. It's awesome though, an all-girls' public high school in East LA. My students could "MESS" YOU UP (I probably shouldn't swear here)
― admrl, Sunday, 20 June 2010 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
High school history.
― Super Cub, Sunday, 20 June 2010 04:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Plasmon, doing the JET program and another ALT job in Japan convinced me to become a teacher.
― Super Cub, Sunday, 20 June 2010 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
It is very likely that come September I will be starting the path to teaching HS level students in MA. Pretty excited about this tbh.
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Sunday, 20 June 2010 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
yay Erica! is it an alt cert program? mine technically starts in september, too, a year-long university program. taking a couple classes this summer.
― horseshoe, Sunday, 20 June 2010 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I probably make reference to this too much in other posts and in my writing in general, but I teach elementary school in the Toronto area. I've done either grade 6 or grade 7 for the past decade. I'm eight school days away from summer vacation. The public just loves us for the two months off.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 June 2010 05:04 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post - :D It's actually pretty confusing and I need to call the state ed dept on Monday but I *think* that as long as I pass the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure, I can get a preliminary license. I'm just not clear on what that means exactly and whether or not it's good enough for the kinds of positions I'd be interested in.
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Sunday, 20 June 2010 05:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i find all the certification stuff endlessly complicated, too. but yay, that rules!
― horseshoe, Sunday, 20 June 2010 05:08 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Sunday, 20 June 2010 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
btw - It rules that you are also doing this and I echo what Max said above.
Is there any US equivalent to tes.co.uk - like, an actual site that respectable US teachers read and post at?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Saturday, 26 June 2010 08:35 (thirteen years ago) link
ilx?
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
what what, new teacher training in less than 2 weeks
― for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
me too! orientation in a few weeks. btw, don't think i've mentioned it here, one of my highschool classes next semester is US History + Popular Music.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:57 (thirteen years ago) link
:O hella jeal
― for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
English to foreign types. Favourite quote: "If I have the million pounds, I will buy big house in the cunt."
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:34 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark
me too. favorite misspelling: "Mohammad was chosen to deliver a massage from Allah."
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 08:06 (thirteen years ago) link
just found out i'm teaching mostly geometry, but one period of alg 2.
― for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs216.snc4/39154_685807015335_25406876_38972997_4079718_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs116.ash2/39154_685807025315_25406876_38972998_699063_n.jpg
this is what my classroom looks like rite now, have very few ideas of how to pretty it up. thinking of doing a section called IMPORTANT MATH PPL and highlight contemporary ppl doin tite math 4 a living (nate silver, that lady who got on the futurama dvd, jaime escalante even tho he is rip'ing it up now ;_;). that should maybe get 10% of the walls.
― for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
do you have to leave the desks where they are?
― Eggs, Peaches, Hot Dogs, Lamb (remy bean), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
some of these are a little silly, but:
http://www.mathteacherstore.com/middle/midlpost/5-8/mathpostA.htm
http://www.mathsoul.com/
have shown up in my room
― Eggs, Peaches, Hot Dogs, Lamb (remy bean), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
FRACTALS
― the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
And pictures of that pointy green cauliflower that grows in spirals. Or maybe just a fresh head of it on your desk every week. I could look at that freak of nature all day.
remy - i can do whatever with the desks, i scattered them just to see how much spread i could get in terms of width b/c they were shoved on one side when i got in yesterday morning
laurel - i will so post pictures of geometrically interesting foods, 4 real
― for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Also: Square watermelons.
― the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, these are really cool. i wonder if you could print/enlarge them?
http://www.geekosystem.com/fruit-mri-pineapple-orange-banana/
― Eggs, Peaches, Hot Dogs, Lamb (remy bean), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
a rolling thread where we are exhausted
― jerk of all trades (m bison), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
a rolling thread were we are still on holiday
how is this going for you?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
just started orientation yesterday. already tired.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
(lol. it'll be better tmmrw when i can start carpooling half hour to work and not hour + half by public transportation)
Bison do Ken Keeler in yr maths dudes talk too!
― I used to lurk on some turtle forums (Trayce), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:49 (thirteen years ago) link
starting next monday. hopefully I can get moved into my new flat before then.
― dyao, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
first class this morning. think of me!
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Good luck, LL!
I teach rotating terms of legal writing, business law, and contracts to paralegal students at a community college. I'm a lawyer by day, but love teaching so much more than I love lawyering, so once I get a little more experience under my belt, I'm going to see how I can maybe teach full time. First bizlaw class of the term is this Saturday. I'm pretty excited, but I had foot surgery so I have one foot in a big boot thing which is going to cramp my very mobile, pacing, animated teaching style.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i lived! i think it was among my best first-classes ever. i gave good examples and tied everything together by the end of class and led right up to their homework. i love teaching.
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
now i am eating a salad that smells a little old/off but i am eating it anyway because the only other food i have here is a package of ry-crisps and some stale graham crackers. (file under: sad contents of teacher's desk)
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome! High five!!!
er about the class, not about your sad lunch.
― Jenny, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
xposts to trayce
i'm doing spec ed math, so ken keeler will be a bit inappropriate for their current level understanding, but i am going to find a way to throw futurama in there (thinkin the wall street episode, the montage where they go down different streets, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, πth street...where does pi go on the number line, BOOYAAAAA)
― jerk of all trades (m bison), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Yess :D
― I used to lurk on some turtle forums (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 11:26 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NinSGaFDXM
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Saturday, 13 May 2023 03:39 (one year ago) link
Lol that’s cute, Lily
― horseshoe, Sunday, 14 May 2023 11:27 (one year ago) link
There are plans that aren't nearly enough, and then there's the opposite. I'm in for kindergarten tomorrow, and I'm looking at the dayplan the teacher has emailed (8 pages of 12-point type over two separate documents) and the three pages of supplemental notes. It's overkill. To be fair, she emailed it two days in advance, but I'd much rather have a clear, simple dayplan of about two pages to look at the morning of.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 June 2023 02:45 (eleven months ago) link
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/034/711/Screen_Shot_2020-07-24_at_11.33.38_AM.jpg
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Thursday, 1 June 2023 02:52 (eleven months ago) link
only way to respond to that plan, good lord
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Thursday, 1 June 2023 02:53 (eleven months ago) link
Definitely a challenging day--12 Ks who felt like 25--but the micro-developed dayplan hurt more than it really helped.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 June 2023 20:19 (eleven months ago) link
The kind of thing that makes anyone who's been at this for a while just shake your head: major revamp of the Ontario language curriculum, released yesterday, government wants it in full effect by September. That's bad enough, but the funny part is the new focus on phonics (and reintroduction of cursive!). When I started supplying in the early '90s, anything phonics-related was being phased out for "whole language," and when I started full-time in '98, phonics was practically verboten. My board purchased some expensive, rather insane program around that time called First Steps. Every three or four years, there'd be something else new come along--First Steps went from the number-one focus to something you monitored on a casual basis to something you dashed off as an afterthought in June to a piece of paper buried in the deepest recesses of each student's OSR. Now everything's come full circle.
I know cursive is a nice skill to have, but seriously? In today's world?
https://globalnews.ca/news/9787008/cursive-writing-reintroduced-ontario-schools/
― clemenza, Friday, 23 June 2023 02:53 (ten months ago) link
Very humid outside, storm looming, end-of-year intermediate dance (whole school), Friday afternoon, A/C not working--truly one of life's best experiences. I had cafeteria supervision: thought I was going to pass out. Was also reminded of the eternal mystery of how anyone gets through adolescence. There was this one kid, sort of looked like Michael Cera, who wandered around for the full two hours clutching this large box of Welch's Fruit Snacks. I don't know if it was his way to ingratiate himself with others--there was something sad about it. I did see four of five students wearing Expos hats, so maybe that's a thing now.
― clemenza, Friday, 23 June 2023 19:29 (ten months ago) link
Very last thing you want to see on a dayplan: instructions for vacating the room in case your one student-of-concern has a meltdown. I think I run into this once every couple of weeks now. Luckily, I haven't yet had to follow through (and today, the student-of-concern is absent). Before I retired, there were two such students in the room next to me (grade 1/2). They'd clear out frequently, leaving whichever one of them was having the meltdown to turn the room upside down while an adult stood there and watched.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 February 2024 15:00 (three months ago) link
Last day for me; they didn't bump the retired-teachers days, so I've hit my limit for the year. I've got stuff to attend to but expect I'll go crazy anyway. Five months off will be the longest not-working window of my life, along with that first COVID spring-summer--which, because there was so much to monitor and think about and discuss, didn't feel like a layoff.
Half-day in a middle school to finish, and they're having a pre-Easter fun day. One period in the gym for a school-wide rock/paper/scissors tournament, one period co-supervising the games/art room (where I am right now). Free money.
Why I'm posting: one of those absurd moments that still makes me love this job. As 300 adolescents filed into the gym, all hopped up on cinnamon swirls--I mean hormones--whoever was in charge of music had Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" blasting. Surreal and thrilling. When the tournament got underway (class winners going against each other in a double-knockout format), the noise level was enough that I had to get some tissue paper and make impromptu earplugs. Insane--how did ESPN not cover this?
― clemenza, Thursday, 28 March 2024 18:06 (one month ago) link