Leading From The HeartWe are just about coming to the end of the classroom management section of my summer course (Teaching French as a 2nd Language). The more I learn about classroom management the more I realize that most of it is about being human and doing the right thing. Strategies that arose in relation to managing a … Being human and classroom management
In writing a comment for Mr Gonzalez’s post about his plans to use iPads in Science, I did a little google search on iPad’s wifi issues because, to be honest, I don’t trust iPad’s network connection enough yet to use it in a classroom. I was surprised to see, at the bottom of the first … Google knows my friends and family, cool or creepy?
That’s a quote from Geoffrey Canada. He also says that some teachers can’t teach. Yes. And. Yes. Here’s the video where he says those things. It kept stalling for me, I hope it works better for you :)
I am taking a course this summer, a 27 day intensive (did I mention intensive?) course on the teaching of French as a 2nd Language. Each week we have about 12 assignments to complete and reflect on and since it takes place entirely online, the work is mainly in the form of written response. I … Thoughts on learning about teaching French & classroom management
Image licensed from CagleCartoons.com copyright Daryl Cagle, All Rights Reserved. I’ve been seeing this image more and more lately, each time I smirk, shake my head. It provokes a number of thoughts: beginning with, defensively…. Why is it ok to yell at teachers? Why blame the teacher for a student’s failure? How/when did this accountability … Student Grades…Who’s Responsible?