Blog Post #10
Please post your thoughts about this course below. What did you like about it? What didn’t you like about it? Would you recommend this book study to a colleague?
Blog Post #1
Imagine you just won Teacher of the Year for not just the 1st time but the 3rd time in a row, like John Taylor Gatto. What would you talk about with a national platform in regards to education?
I enjoyed this course! I tried to start it earlier in the month and found it hard to concentrate while still focus on teaching. I am glad that I decided to hold off and work on it over winter break. It took a bit for me to get used to the format of the book, but once I did, I enjoyed it. I like that it provided many visuals and also quotes. I appreciate the course being self paced and that we could go back into the book to do some more reflection and rereading if needed. I will definitely keep this book in my classroom, so I can refer back to it often. I am anxious and excited to try some ideas from it with my class!
ReplyDeleteAs always I enjoyed this book study. I really appreciate being able to complete these in my own time and go at my own pace. I feel like I learn something new each book I read and try to apply it to my classroom.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this course! The book had great ideas that I will be implementing in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteI liked this course. I love how this is self-paced and I can work on it when I have time. I really like the topic of this course. This book opened my eyes more to allowing my own kids to a few more chances at playing video games and having them help come up with what to do about the side effects with their behaviors. Also, it reinforced ideas and gave me some new ideas on how to teach students and keep them engaged in life long learning. My goal has always been to get students and my own kids to realize that learning doesn’t only happen at school in 12 years time. I like how these assignments for us related well to what the book is teaching.
ReplyDeleteI struggled with the first quiz only because it is hard for me to word my thoughts and responses in only 1-3 sentences. Have you considered making a page response to several ideas from the book instead of a bunch of posts of about individual ideas. Kinda like showing how all these ideas work together, not just everything individually.
Yes I would recommend this to colleagues and even prospect teachers earning their bachelors degree. I feel like this book needs to be shared with our lawmakers as well. Maybe a shift higher up can help us to bring real learning and elastic learning to our students.
I absolutely loved this book. Hands down, fave book study in my 29 years of teaching. I loved learning about learning. I am filled with applicable ideas to use immediately. One is the thinking hats. I am going out to buy hats right now and actually use them in my high school classroom. I think this is a fantastic way to physically teach ethos, logos, pathos in my analytics class and debate. I just can't want to get started making my room more engaging and less boring. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the book and the thinking that it prompted. As a former kindergarten teacher I was pushed into drill and kill and was made to weed out the play based and experience learning in my classroom. After many years of the later, I have seen the detriment that it has caused to education. The self paced class is great and I enjoyed collaborating with others and seeing their blog posts. Thanks for a great class.
ReplyDeleteThis book was in my top three as I have done other book studies. I was really happy that it talked about storytelling- because it validated one of my ways of teaching. I also like that it talked about test taking versus letting students show what they know, using their creative side.
ReplyDeleteI liked that this course focused on helping students become more independent, resilient, and confident learners. The ideas about encouraging failure, building antifragility, and giving students ownership over their learning were especially meaningful. I appreciated the reminders that even young students are capable of more than we sometimes expect. The emphasis on story-driven learning, elastic thinking, and reducing the fear of failure gave me practical ways to support my students’ growth.
ReplyDeleteI also liked that the course encouraged reflection on my own teaching practices. It pushed me to think about how I respond to mistakes, how much ownership I give students, and how I can create more opportunities for creativity and problem-solving in my classroom.
Overall, I would recommend this book study to a colleague. It provides valuable ideas about helping students become more confident, independent learners and encourages teachers to rethink how we approach failure, motivation, and learning. The concepts are thought-provoking and can be adapted to different grade levels.
I really enjoyed this book. Of course, I love that these book studies are self-paced. I think the TED Talks linked to the course were relevant as well. In other courses, I have found that some of the TED Talks feel outdated, but that was not the case this time. I will definitely be keeping the book and plan to reread as a refresher in the future. Many of the ideas discussed helped me reflect not only on my practices in the classroom but my experiences as a parent as well. I would absolutely recommend the course and the book to a colleague.
ReplyDeletePlease post your thoughts about this course below. What did you like about it? What didn’t you like about it? Would you recommend this book study to a colleague?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed aspects of this book - challenging us to think beyond pointisfication and make it more of learning game. It challenged me to think about how can I take the every day lecture out and think in terms of conquering the level rather than just the assessment for a grade, however I see that that would have to be something embraced on a broader scale - a school wide approach. The end second half of the book actually surprised me - it felt far more like a parenting book than a teaching instructional book - working to try and tie it all together - and I definitely don't agree with all of her ideas and approaches. I would recommend this book to a colleague - it was an easy read and created a good dialogue even for myself and thinking through my own practices for teaching.