Monthly Archives: February 2012

A Flipping insight

Posted on February 22, 2012 by draulston

A colleague sent me a link to an interesting post, one that has a number of points (some made almost in passing) to consider: http://www.brianbennett.org/blog/?p=982 Here was my response:  I’m particularly interested in student feedback and may make it an … Continue reading →

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Aphorisms 2

Posted on February 7, 2012 by draulston

11. If you have to ask for advice, you usually know what you should do and just don’t want to. 12. GAG every once in a while: “Go Against the Grain”. do something you aren’t really sure you can do … Continue reading →

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Writing with students

Posted on February 7, 2012 by draulston

(Not to be confused with “writing with pencils” lol) In her blog post today, Rebecca Albers talks about the benefits of teachers’ writing when students write.  I would like to second that point firmly.  I try to write about half … Continue reading →

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Eagleman

Posted on February 3, 2012 by draulston

Best thing about the talk was his telling us to push students off the path of least resistance by questioning and asking them to dig deeper, to do the same thing from another perspective or by another method.  Awesome!  No … Continue reading →

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A traditional classroom

Posted on February 3, 2012 by draulston

… is effectively a set of cheat codes for learning (to borrow McGonigal’s perspective a moment).

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ISAS 1.5

Posted on February 3, 2012 by draulston

I woke up this morning thinking about teaching, no doubt the effect of all those talks and conversations with colleagues yesterday.  What I was thinking, though, was that enjoyable (and worthwhile) as they mostly were, none of them addressed (save … Continue reading →

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ISAS Day 1

Posted on February 2, 2012 by draulston

It was good to see colleagues from other schools whom I get to see only too rarely these days.  It was also interesting to hear so many of my basic principles of teaching from the last many years affirmed by … Continue reading →

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