Sunday, January 31, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Another Snowy Monday
Jan. 25 GBBall @ Centerville; BBBall@ home vs Centerville; Calender committee meeting 3:30 @ AO; Cost Saving Committee 6:00 @ AO
26 Sped. meeting 2:00 @ High School
28 GBBall @ home vs Chariton; BBBall @ Chariton; ESC @ AEA; Future Problem Solvers @ Fairfield
29 Mr. R @ AO in A.M.; W @ BGM
26 Sped. meeting 2:00 @ High School
28 GBBall @ home vs Chariton; BBBall @ Chariton; ESC @ AEA; Future Problem Solvers @ Fairfield
29 Mr. R @ AO in A.M.; W @ BGM
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Broken Resolution Already
I know. It's Tuesday, and my blog is late again.
I'm reading a book called "Curriculum 21 Essential Education for a Changing World" by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and a number of other authors. With our Iowa Core Curriculum and the 21st Century Skill that we need to be teaching our students I thought it might be a good read.
In one section written by Stephen Wilmarth, it talks about the confidence we as teachers have placed on the order and scope of the learning process in the past. That we as educators were seeking the "Walled garden of learning in which we teach and guide and instruct." That what we thought we knew about teaching and learning was "cathedral-like, elegant, top-down " and may not be a relevant model for todays students. He suggests that we may have to develop into a world-class system at a far more rapid pace. That the "cathedral, carefully crafted by wizards and experts working in quiet isolation", may need to be changed to a "babbling bazaar that presents a coherent and stable system that meets the challenges of a transformational time in our understanding of learning and teaching."
In other words, our students my need to drag us into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming all the way. For our students to keep up with the rest of the world, and not be left behind in the agrarian life style of their parents and grandparents, we need to change the way and things we teach.
I'm reading a book called "Curriculum 21 Essential Education for a Changing World" by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and a number of other authors. With our Iowa Core Curriculum and the 21st Century Skill that we need to be teaching our students I thought it might be a good read.
In one section written by Stephen Wilmarth, it talks about the confidence we as teachers have placed on the order and scope of the learning process in the past. That we as educators were seeking the "Walled garden of learning in which we teach and guide and instruct." That what we thought we knew about teaching and learning was "cathedral-like, elegant, top-down " and may not be a relevant model for todays students. He suggests that we may have to develop into a world-class system at a far more rapid pace. That the "cathedral, carefully crafted by wizards and experts working in quiet isolation", may need to be changed to a "babbling bazaar that presents a coherent and stable system that meets the challenges of a transformational time in our understanding of learning and teaching."
In other words, our students my need to drag us into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming all the way. For our students to keep up with the rest of the world, and not be left behind in the agrarian life style of their parents and grandparents, we need to change the way and things we teach.
Monday, January 18, 2010
This week at the Burg
January 18 Board meeting 6:00 @ AO
19 W @ Colfax; GBBall @ home vs Centerville; BBBall @ Centerville; ETS in the Middle Schol; Kick off the Pennies for Patients in Elem.
21 GBBall @ Osceola; BBBall @ home vs Clarke; W @ Albia; Cost Savings Committe 6:00@ AO
Map testing will beging next week.
19 W @ Colfax; GBBall @ home vs Centerville; BBBall @ Centerville; ETS in the Middle Schol; Kick off the Pennies for Patients in Elem.
21 GBBall @ Osceola; BBBall @ home vs Clarke; W @ Albia; Cost Savings Committe 6:00@ AO
Map testing will beging next week.
Monday, January 11, 2010
new year, new week, same games
January 11 GBBall @ home vs Albia; BBBall @ Albia; Cost savings Committee meeting 6:00 @ AO; SIAC meeting 7:00
14 M/r. R to AO early; GBBall @home vs Davis County; BBBall @ Davis County
I think that's all for the week, hope we are here for the whole week.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and enjoyed the cold weather. I got to spend a lot of time with my grandchildren, which is always great. Some wise person once told me "You love your grandchildren twice. When you see them coming, and when you see them leaving." How true. Just kidding, I love them all the time.
Here is a pic to show you why.
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