On Wednesday I put on a common prep demonstration on itunes and the ipod. This is the second common prep I’ve been lucky enough to put on this year and my third overall.
I am a firm believer in teachers learning the most from other teachers and their best practices. So it was great for me to not only share what I do but to also get to see how others use itunes and ipods in their classes.
As I’ve said before, I left thoroughly impressed with my colleagues. They do some pretty damn impressive things. And hearing about what they do is a great sense of renewal for me.
If I were king of education, the first thing I’d do would be to make teachers devote at least one of their prep periods per work to observing other teachers. Especially elementary teachers.
I think all of us at the high school could use an injection of fun into our classes or rooms. And I defy anyone to walk into an elementary classroom and not get a sense of fun and exploration.
We lose sight of that at the secondary level where we often get preoccupied with testing and standards and that sort of stuff.
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