tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737036618055673789.post6905395780511309946..comments2024-03-28T08:30:21.261-07:00Comments on @theresashafer: THAT is What We Should Standardize, Learning How to Learn!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665064670450584027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737036618055673789.post-74744578014588456732013-02-06T18:51:45.119-08:002013-02-06T18:51:45.119-08:00Yes! We need standards. Rather, our students need ...Yes! We need standards. Rather, our students need standards, because that is how we coordinate what each of us teaches and ensures that students get what they need and don't get too may repetitions of just what is fun or easy to teach. We teachers on these forums and such are generally the most motivated and enthused. We probably have a better average at providing what kids need to learn, both in environment and content, than the overall average of teachers in general. But we need to be able to guide students to standards. I show my students the state frameworks. These are the targets- I give them as much leeway as I can to get there. There are resource limitations, including my time and the motivation and organizational skills of any given student. But we've done some great stuff while developing knowledge of mechanics and manufacturing, applying methods of investigation, design, and problem solving, learning about electricity and tools, and why it is important to be able to write as a critical form of communication. And Lots more...sunrisesouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04987702243539740673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737036618055673789.post-56751332363976221212013-02-03T07:51:59.192-08:002013-02-03T07:51:59.192-08:00Ditto. It's what education has become in the e...Ditto. It's what education has become in the eyes of the nation. I think it's sad. There SHOULD be time to practice, fail, and encouragement to try again!<br />Pam Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318719035814800086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737036618055673789.post-2890842091458349212013-01-28T05:30:10.040-08:002013-01-28T05:30:10.040-08:00But are the standards helping or hindering? When I...But are the standards helping or hindering? When I hear someone talk about how learning meshes with standards, I never quite get that standards have made the process better -- only that they don't make them worse, or that it's do-able to learn even though there are standards. Do we really need standards to learn what we feel most compelled to learn? Isn't it more beneficial to discover what skills are needed as you go...instead of having them mapped out for you ahead of time?Lisa Cooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395200368753029675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737036618055673789.post-73833385490498072132013-01-26T19:08:00.676-08:002013-01-26T19:08:00.676-08:00Theresa,
I have centered my classroom around this ...Theresa,<br />I have centered my classroom around this kind of learning because I think it meshes quite nicely with the standards. Maybe not quite everything they want to learn, but if we dig beneath the surface we'll find reading, writing, research, and 21st century skills are there. <br /><br />To create your fisherman's cable sweater, (which is beautiful, by the way), you had to do research, solve problems, evaluate, and so many more skills that are found in the standards. <br /><br />I believe we MUST give time and space for this to happen! I call it genius hour, and we do it once a week in my junior high classes.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />DeniseDenise Krebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00583406241247334445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1737036618055673789.post-19081364312749197852013-01-26T17:06:39.771-08:002013-01-26T17:06:39.771-08:00" Is there time & space in your classroom..." Is there time & space in your classroom for them to explore? Practice? Fail? Try again?"<br /><br />It bothers me that we have to ask if there is time for this. My question is "Is your class room centered around this?" <br /><br />And then "Why not?" The answer for me is because of the standards driven curriculum.concretekaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03817234454056267050noreply@blogger.com