Friday, February 22, 2008

Final Entry

Great comments and insight throughout this blog!

Please take the time to complete the assignments located in your course syllabus. (If you have not already done so)

Remember that you may send them to me via email or snail mail. I look forward to seeing your ideas for this course and creating action in your classrooms.

Please comment in this blog entry on how your classroom will be a better place for learning after taking this class.


If you have any questions please give me a call at (920) 540-2538

Laugh Often,

Dan Slowey

Monday, January 28, 2008

Journal Sharing


Journal Sharing


"A student who is made aware of their self-talk and how it impacts their learning will have been given a powerful lifelong learning tool."
--Super Teaching Page 83




Please share one of your Personal Super Teaching Journal entries with us and how this insight has shaped or challenged your thinking as an educator


Click on comments and cut and paste the entry

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Shift Happens--Please View This Video



Post your thoughts and feelings on how this information impacts how we need to educate students to prepare them for this new globalized world

Monday, January 21, 2008

Chapter One--The Game Has Changed

Chapter 1

The Game Has Changed


"It is the learners who will inherit the future; the "so-called learned'" who think they "know it all" will find themselves frustrated by a world that has passed them by."


After reading Chapter One from the text please respond to the following reflections and reactions.
Reflections:
What is the role of schools today and how are the roles of teachers changing?
Reactions:
What are your feelings about the topics presented in this chapter?
What are some practical applications for what you're learning?
What do you want to remember about this chapter?

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Friday, January 18, 2008

Article Review--Leo Buscaglia

Article Review
After reading the excerpt from Leo Buscaglia's book Living, Loving, Learning please reflect on your thoughts and feelings. (This article has been emailed to you)
The following questions were created to be thought provoking: (you do not have to answer them all but they may aid you in your responses/reflections)
1) What were some of the AHA's (ideas that stood out to you) that you encountered?
2) How can you utilize this information in your classroom to improve student learning?
3) Do you feel/think that this excerpt from the 1970's is still true today? Where have we improved in education since this article was written? Where have we slipped?
4) What do agree with? What points do you question?
5) Please comment on one other course members comments
**Click on comments to read and leave your personal ideas**

Monday, January 14, 2008

Introductions--Super Teaching

Introductions--Super Teaching

Please introduce yourself to the rest of the class by answering the following questions:

1) Your Name

2) School/City

3) Grade level and subject that you teach

4) What hobbies do you have that create laughter and joy in your life

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