4 Things Every College Graduate Needs to Hear About What not to do
Here are the big takeaways -
1. Don't fear failure in your career.
2. Don't worry about how much money you make right now.
3. You don't have to "have it all."
4. Don't delay gratitude.
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This one is sure to rile some folks up. Just check out the title, Lectures Aren't Just Boring, They're Ineffective, Too.
Now this doesn't call for teachers to be entertainers or performers. That's not the point. The point is simply to change things up every ten minutes or so. And "change up" doesn't mean necessarily what we think it does -
Although there is no single definition of active learning approaches, they include asking students to answer questions by using handheld clickers, calling on individuals or groups randomly, or having students clarify concepts to each other and reach a consensus on an issue.
Now that doesn't sound so hard, does it?
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Gotta love history!
I could watch stuff like this all day.
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What teacher couldn't use a few of these? Well, maybe not this time of year but in the deep dark of February, some of these ways to avoid teacher burnout could come in handy.
Maybe because I experience #1 and #3 and #10 on a daily basis, I love what I do and am already looking forward to next fall!
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And here are 9 Pictures to restore your faith in humanity: 9 Inspiring Kids Caught in the Act of Greatness. Here is my personal favorite
Maybe it's just me, but in all of my life I've never associated these two words: "God" and "hate."
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Now this is very interesting - 22 Things We Do As Educators That Will Embarrass Us In 25 Years
Here are some of my favorites-
3. We frowned upon crowdsourced content (e.g., Wikipedia)
Even though it has more updates and cross-checks than more traditional sources of info. It’s not perfect, but it’s the future. Err, present.
6. We made it clumsy and awkward for teachers to share curriculum.
Seriously. How is there no seamless, elegant, and mobile way to do this?
8. We were blinded by data, research, and strategies….
..so we couldn’t see the communities, emotions, and habits that really drive learning.
9. We measured mastery once.
At the end of the year in marathon testing. And somehow this made sense? And performance on these tests gave us data that informed the very structures our schools were iterated with over time? Seriously? And we wonder why we chased our tails?
19. We frowned on lectures.
Even though that’s essentially what TED Talks are. Instead of making them engaging and interactive multimedia performances led by adults that love their content, we turned passionate teachers into clinical managers of systems and data.
20. We ignored social learning.
And got learning that was neither personal nor social. Curious.
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I think these could easily apply to schools as well.
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One of my favorites: Thomas Friedman, How to Get a Job at Google.
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These are not for the feint of heart, especially if you're like me and have a fear of heights.
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Love this one - Inside the Pixar Braintrust
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This is a lot of fun
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