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http://www.icctejournal.org/ICCTEJournal/past-issues/volume-1-issue-2/teaching-through-... - 0 views

www.icctejournal.org/...g-with-christ-to-overcome-self quickd
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  • This paper details my growth
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      As a former English teacher, the practice of plainly stating that "this paper is about..." is anathema. I spent so much time telling students to "not say but show." I see this frequently in academic writing and it bugs me. Although, it is easier to get to your point.
  • I began considering personal weaknesses that I desired to improve early in my career
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      Improving weaknesses is the opposite of Strengthsfinders. This popped into my head because we're completing the Strengthsfinders assessment and sharing them in our weekly teachers meetings. My goal was to get all the teachers, admins and staff to understand each other better as well seek to support and encourage each other in a Christian learning community.
  • The author finally recognizes how she sees both her students and herself in a mirror dimly and that partnering with Christ is the way to best serve within the profession.
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  • The exhausted teacher feels like hugging her, hitting her and instead turns away and sinks into a chair.
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      Does anyone still wonder why most people leave the teaching profession within the first 3-5 years?
  • tight-knit rural community
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      I see the descriptor "tight-knit" often associated with rural or small communities. My school is tight-kint and we are located in a city of 250,000 surrounded by cities that are even larger. I think people in general require someone new, someone unknown to "earn" a welcome. This is very different than Christ's example, isn't it? Many communities or organizations are quite friendly at the beginning but the friendliness is shallow. I think how we treat newcomers deserves a great deal of reflection.
  • Therefore my journey ends, as does Nouwen’s book, with an illustration of Jesus. I return to it years after my teaching career began as focus on my newly-refined vision of my calling. It is the image of the leader with outstretched hands, who chooses a life of downward mobility. "It is the image of the praying leader, the vulnerable leader, and the trusting leader. May that image fill your hearts with hope, courage, and confidence . . ." (1989, pp. 92-93) as you teach through a mirror dimly.
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      This is a lovely article. An encouragement that should be shared with all Christian teachers.
  • Immediately, I surprised myself by my reactionary thinking. I wanted to e-mail him back with a sharp reply that would clearly show him that I was the professor and he was not. I further thought that copying the e-mail to our program director would effectively complete the power play. I temporarily brooded on my anger, and as Willard warns, "Find a person who has embraced anger, and you find a person with a wounded ego" (
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      I don't know about this article, Scot. Too much of it is too close to home! I'm thinking I need to call Gennie up and have coffee such are our shared experiences.
  • Another danger of focusing too much on being recognized by others was the fact that in teaching, as in the ministry, "there is little praise and much criticism"
    • triciameyer
      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      This hits close to home!
  • We have true authority only when we do not lord our power over others.
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      I have found that being someone who shows love, care, concern, understanding, patience develops followers who do the same for those who follow them.
  • I came to understand through prayer and through this challenging situation that "There is a name for the endurance we must practice until a larger love arrives: it is called suffering" (Palmer, 1998, p. 85). I suffered for many weeks as I prayed, practiced active love for students in my work with them, and continued to receive no positive feedback. This may sound like a miserable scenario, but it has ended up being quite liberating. I have finally accepted my call to love my students regardless of the outcome, and I have become determined to love this group through their graduation of the program with no-strings-attached agape love. I have discovered in my everyday interactions with students how "Good teaching is an act of hospitality toward the young . . ." (Palmer, 1998, p. 50). Indeed, I have received nothing back from this group of students as a whole, but I continue to serve as their gracious host in the classroom and in the field of education.
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      This year I am providing my teachers with weekly pamphlets from ASCD's The Master Teacher. A few weeks ago the anticipatory quote was something like "we would be wise to consider all five of the relationships a student brings to the classroom to understand the student well." These are the student's relationship with the classroom activities, home, peers, self, teacher. I wonder if some of the students' outside relationship issues were affecting what the author seems to see as more personally intended?
  • stardom and individual heroism, which are such obvious aspects of our competitive society, are not at all alien to the church
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      Is anybody else as tired as I am of training to attain stardom? Thankfully, it really isn't our calling. I love to think on that.
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Article with Diigo - 13 views

started by ncsmith on 21 Oct 07 no follow-up yet
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    #3 triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
     
    Nicole,

    Any time something is interactive, I too always enjoy it more!

    Tricia


    ncsmith wrote:
    > This is so cool. I love highlighting and adding sticky notes right on the screen. I don't know where I am supposed to save it to the EDFL675 page though. I added my highlights and stickies to the article.
    > Nicole
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This is awesome! - 9 views

started by triciameyer on 24 Oct 07 no follow-up yet
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    #1 triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
     
    I can't wait to show this tool to my teachers. I have always felt a bit guilty about printing out articles and wasting all that paper. But, I felt that I had to in order to make them useful to me. I need the highlights and the notes.

    I really don't like reading entire articles online--however, with the diigo tools, I found it almost fun! This is a terrific way to share the reading of a document and see everyone's comments together.

    While I wasn't sure how I would use this when I started, now I am seeing an very easy application to teacher education at my school.

    I was also a little concerned because it seemed very confusing when I first logged on. But, starting with the "quick how to" was actually more helpful to me than the flash tutorial. Once I finished the quick how to's, the flash made a lot more sense.

    Tricia
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Diigo and Christian leadership article - 8 views

started by sue phillips on 19 Oct 07 no follow-up yet
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    #3 triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
     
    Sue,

    I too usually print out articles and highlight and write in the margin. I agree that I may be convinced to read documents online since I can diigo them!

    Tricia

    suephillips wrote:
    > I found the Christian leadership article from a faculty member at George Fox quite interesting. It makes me want to read some of her resources and compare my life to them. I especially liked the comparison of Jesus' temptations to temptations we might face as teachers. I do so identify with the scheduling issues.
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    > Diigo looks like it will be a useful tool in reading online or PDA articles. IF we can highlight and create sticky notes of important parts to save I may not end up printing them all out as I usually do.
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Reflections on Teaching - 0 views

www.reflectivepedagogy.blogspot.com on reflections teaching
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  • triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
     
    This blog popped up on my Google search. Again, interesting in its raw ramblings.
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Reflections on Teaching - 0 views

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  • It is difficult for me to talk about my teaching philosophy without talking about my personal theology. Not that I bring my faith explicitly into the classroom. Just that I think my faith informs who I am and how I behave. If you are reading this essay for "tips on how to be an award-winning teacher," please be clear: I am not saying that a prerequisite is being a person of faith. But in these "reflections along the way," faith is part of what makes Marty tick as a teacher.  I believe we are all loved children of God. I believe that there are no privileges or handicaps that come with birth into one family or one gender or one race or one sexual orientation. I believe the Golden Rule -- do unto others as you would have them do unto you -- is a useful guide for behavior. I believe that we are all striving to become the people our Creator created us to be.
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      This is a little gem I found in my Google search. Ten years old now but it is no less true today. Another one that would be useful to let other teachers see for the purposes of support and encouragement.
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Reflections from Sarah Short - 0 views

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  • triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
     
    This site seems well intentioned although not very rich.
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Talbot School of Theology: Listing of Christian Educators - 0 views

www.talbot.edu/educators christian teachers
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  • triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
     
    I attended part of the NAPCE conference held in San Jose, CA last weekend. My husband presented a paper. This project to document Christian educators of the 20th century was mentioned. I thought this would be a useful site for reflection and personal encouragement in teaching.
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Reflections on Teaching - 0 views

www.psychocats.net/...reflectionsonteaching
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  • I had to learn to work with a community, and I had to serve the needs of members of that community (both students and faculty) who did not share my values, my learning style or my intellectual background.
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      I found this article with just a search for "reflections on teaching" at google. It caught my eye because of the first line about a "self-centered outlook." This was similar to the Harris article. But, this line brought up a new dimension.
  • If the students bring themselves to the classroom, then they're ready to learn.
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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      As I read further, I see that this author has much passion and opinion but not enough experience to see the problematic end that some of suggestions will inevitably find. Imagine if 7-12 grade students only went to school because they wanted to. I am certain that all of us have to be made to do things that are good for us or good for the community around us because our natural inclination will lead us into harm.
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Reflections on Teaching « Secure in His Everlasting Arms - 0 views

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      triciameyer on 24 Oct 07
       
      This person seems to be working with younger students. The writer also seems to be a Christian. The downside is that there aren't regular posts. But, I really like the personal stories found in blogs.
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