I agree with everything they said on there, but I thought something major was missing. I want to see students engaged in authentic tasks. I want to see students reading text on their own and figuring out problems - not being spoon fed. I want to see the teacher questioning the students with higher level thinking questions. I want to see active learning taking place, not just doing worksheets or taking notes.
I think everything that was said was important, but I really feel a part about students participating in authentic learning was missing. On Dec 2, 2007 3:07 PM, Bill IVEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Here's the link to the video interviewing teachers on what they think > journalists should look for in the classroom. Would you pretty much agree, > disagree, or both with what you hear? > > http://cotsen.org/cotsen-hechinger/ > > Take care, > Bill Ivey > Stoneleigh-Burnham School > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
