Video: “Did You Know?” by Karl Fisch
I don’t have much to say about this video that I didn’t say for the one below. This one is better. Seems more globally focused versus the other which is more teacher oriented. But both messages are critically important.
As I am about to step into my classroom for the upcoming year, I feel my biggest challenge is getting students to care about learning. And not just care, but to invest in the process of making themselves smarter, more connected, and more aware. They need to want to grow their dendrites!! How can I get them to see the necessity for working their brains everyday?
Footnote: (September 3, 2007, 11:01) I just watched both videos again, and it occurred to me that “Did You Know?” is the why and “Paying Attention?” is the how. Maybe our kids are disengaged because we’re not connecting to their world, to how they perceive and interact with their world, or to how they learn.
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PB
// Sep 3, 2007 at 7:27 am
Hi -
The difficulty that I am currently having that most of my students are very passive – they don’t want to work for anything. Why not? Most are given everything they want and are very comfortable with the teacher giving them the answers.
It’s a trend that has been going on for awhile, but currently it’s very acute in my classes right now.
If it matters, I do teach in a suburban school…
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Dawn Hogue
// Sep 3, 2007 at 9:01 am
I agree. Even kids without much think they don’t need school. Of course we do have high achieving students, but even they don’t push their potential like they should. I think there needs to be a national sense of urgency. I has to come from home and school.
And yet, I wouldn’t want to create generations of nervous, ulcer-ridden worriers.
I guess I’m just going to try to reach my students with a simple message:
Your education matters. It is the gift you can give yourselves. There is only so much I can do as your teacher. The real results come from your active engagement in your own learning.
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