Shut Up!!!!!! You are one of the contributors to this book!!! That is so stinkin' awesome!! So the reason we don't read Chapter 14 for class is because we are going to live it instead, huh? Good teaching strategy...bring in the author as a guest lecturer...why didn't I think of that?
Focus, Laura ...
The opening statement, "...In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them." (Friedman), when teamed up with the story of Collin, really hit home with me. I am beginning to realize there are so many more ways to educate and assess students rather than textbooks and multiple choice exams. My proverbial 'hampster' is already beginning to spin the wheel, as I think of ways I can teach/orchestrate my math classes. I would love for my students to create blogs of their own so I can see the ways they think. It's hard to tell about someone's background or passions if the only writing I see from them is in numerical form...
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Laura,
With your enthusiasm and open mind, you have the absoulte potential to create, teach, and assess the most interesting ideas ever. The best part is that the students love upbeat, interesting things to do, and on the flip side they will be learning too!
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