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Terry Elliott

Penn & Teller's Teller on How to Be an Effective Teacher - The Atlantic - 0 views

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shared by Terry Elliott on 25 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • The first job of a teacher is to make the student fall in love with the subject.
    • Terry Elliott
      Terry Elliott on 25 Jan 16
       
      passion as prelude make?
    • Terry Elliott
      Terry Elliott on 25 Jan 16
       
      Make?
  • the teacher has a duty to engage, to create romance that can transform apathy into interest, and, if a teacher does her job well, a sort of transference of enthusiasm from teacher to student takes place.
  • “If you don’t have both astonishment and content, you have either a technical exercise or you have a lecture.”
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  • Teller’s educational philosophy is rooted in the philosopher A.N. Whitehead’s “rhythm of education,” a theory that asserts learning happens in three stages: romance, precision, and generalization.
  • Romance, argued Teller, precedes all else.
  • What I have, however, is delight. I get excited about things. That is at the root of what you want out of a teacher; a delight in what the subject is, in the operation. That’s what affects students.”
  • It’s easy to disregard the entertainment of your students as pandering, but it’s not, Teller stressed, citing Frances Ferguson’s The Idea of a Theater: The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective. “In the art that lasts, there’s always a balance: purpose that is action, passion that is feelings, and perception that is intellectual content. In Shakespeare, for example, there is always a level that is just action, showbiz. There is always a level that's strongly passionate, and there’s always a level that’s got intellectual content.”
  • Learning, like magic, should make people uncomfortable, because neither are passive acts. Elaborating on the analogy, he continued, “Magic doesn’t wash over you like a gentle, reassuring lullaby. In magic, what you see comes into conflict with what you know, and that discomfort creates a kind of energy and a spark that is extremely exciting. That level of participation that magic brings from you by making you uncomfortable is a very good thing.”
  • When I go outside at night and look up at the stars, the feeling that I get is not comfort. The feeling that I get is a kind of delicious discomfort at knowing that there is so much out there that I do not understand and the joy in recognizing that there is enormous mystery, which is not a comfortable thing. This, I think, is the principal gift of education.
denzeljudy

Free Teachers Worksheets - free teaching worksheets - 0 views

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shared by denzeljudy on 19 Sep 22 - No Cached
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    We provide a large collection of worksheets and free downloadable resources on a wide range of topics. The majority of their worksheets are intended for elementary school students but some are for older students. Using our platform allows teachers and tutors to save time by making their students better at specific topics and skills.
Terry Elliott

Doc Horse Tales: Why write? Because you love to. - 0 views

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shared by Terry Elliott on 03 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Because you love to.
    • Sheri Edwards
      Sheri Edwards on 03 Aug 13
       
      We write more now -- on paper and digitally -- because we can. 
  • Humans “write” because it is our distinctive character
    • Sheri Edwards
      Sheri Edwards on 03 Aug 13
       
      How old is our writing?
    • Terry Elliott
      Terry Elliott on 04 Aug 13
       
      5000 years?
  • “writing,” consider expanding the field of composition.
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  • mode, media, audience, purpose, and situation
    • Sheri Edwards
      Sheri Edwards on 03 Aug 13
       
      I'm thinking of shared purpose here in connected learning - working in teams to create, revise, and share in  collaboration that ripples onward to others to remix. Is this notion of, "what will someone else do with this" an incentive to quantity? quality? community?
  • Let writing go to edge of consciousness. 
    • Sheri Edwards
      Sheri Edwards on 03 Aug 13
       
      The edge - this could take time though, with writers struggling to think they can write. But finding the one gem in the work is important to build the confidence needed to become so is important.
  • write until we find this for ourselves, how can we expect it in our classroom?
    • Sheri Edwards
      Sheri Edwards on 03 Aug 13
       
      As Terry Elliot says: https://vine.co/v/hbu6EJ3Vbe5
  • enthusiasm motivates
    • Sheri Edwards
      Sheri Edwards on 03 Aug 13
       
      At least, do this for the kids. Those students who love to write may teach the teacher. :)
  • Can’t find time?  No easy solution here, but try buying yourself out
    • Sheri Edwards
      Sheri Edwards on 03 Aug 13
       
      I laughed. I do this. Someone else takes care of the yard. :) Now I love gardening, but don't garden. My garden is of words blossoming into ideas and images and inspiration.
katemuch

6 Emerging Technologies Supporting Personalized Learning - 0 views

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shared by katemuch on 14 Oct 20 - No Cached
  • Does the technology overshadow, mask, or otherwise draw the focus away from important learning?Does the technology add value so that students can do their work in better or different ways?Are digital technologies utilized by students in both appropriate and empowering ways?
  • ExplainEverything: A cloud collaboration platform built on the learning technology of tomorrow that helps students and teachers tell their unique story.
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