Really good comments on The Diety's Blog the last few days....

Anonymous said...

8:57 -

I'm a teacher - I'm in, as are all the others I know.

Do you really think a teacher could stand in front of a high school class with every student having a laptop in hand and NOT utilize it for learning, enriching, discovering, and becoming tech savvy. Can you imagine what that would be like?

The thing about standing in front of a classroom full of kids every day - they will make your life miserable if you aren't prepared with engaging, worthwhile, relevant lessons. They won't do it in a mean way, or intentionally even, but a group of kids will have their minds occupied and as the teacher, you are the one that wants to choose what that will be. Teachers who aren't prepared don't last long in the classroom just because it's such a bad experience.

When that bell rings and the students look up at you, the question in their eyes is - "What are we going to do for the next 90 minutes." And if the teacher isn't ready to fill that time in a worthwhile way, they will find a way to fill it.

When a teacher is prepared, teaching is one of the best jobs in the world; when a teacher is not prepared - not so good.

Do you really think a teacher can get away with meaningless worksheets? (Not all worksheets are meaningless - some can be quite good with very creative strategies, but I take it from your tone that your experience is not with meangingful worksheets.)

10:01 AM


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