Category Archives: lead
All things concerned with administrative work within a school
Watch | Everything Is a Remix
Watch | Everything Is a Remix.
This is a great set of videos for all sorts of uses within any classroom…..and simply to keep oneself informed.
If there is any question about the educational power of video, these well-produced works should put an end to them.
For anyone overzealous about copyright, about using copied work for teaching, about motivating students to copy great works in the course of perfecting their craft, the information contained in these samples should suffice to provide a different perspective.
TEDxNYED – Dan Meyer
TEDxNYED – Dan Meyer – 03/06/10 – YouTube.
To this day I still cringe whenever I remember myself in math class at any grade level. Sure, I cringe with memories of almost all of my classes, but math, ufff.
Dan’s talk makes me want to be in a math classroom like his! Truly!
I love this video for its simplicity, and for how able it is at showcasing a different approach to the common text-book approach to teaching young minds.
Video study-group — mmmm
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I never thought of this before, but creating a support structure for faculty to review their practice in an informal “safe” and nurturing space is a great thing to think about. Usually schools are interested in output, professionalism and practice; the teacher is observed, accounted for by HR and evaluated against class scores and the like.
This practice would give the teacher to interpret their own performance and a group of peers to offer support and a space to celebrate what is good about their individual practice. Worth thinking about when creating an institutional PD program.
