You are shaped by the stories that you hear and the storytellers that share them. This week, I had the privilege or speaking a the Joshua Wilderness Institute at Hume Lake. It was such a great time. I got to … Continue reading
Cultural Programming
Tag Archives: teaching
Think About Learning
I love listening to professors. I’m a professor. I don’t mind if people listen to me or not, but I love to listen to professors. More than that – I love to learn. I love learning what professors have learned … Continue reading
The Medium for Your Art
I was listening to a talk about creativity and art. If you check out the past few posts, there are some about the creativity and art. I’ve quite enjoyed the challenge of these talks. It has pushed me to consider … Continue reading
I Learn Best
……when I teach. You teachers know what I am talking about. If you have never taught before, you will realize that the best way to learn is to teach. I’m not saying anything new. There have been many people out … Continue reading
Your Dumb Teacher
…….might have given you a label that some lazy teacher gives them. It happens all the time – a lazy teacher who doesn’t know how to care for a child will label him and get him out of her class … Continue reading
Teaching Without Talking
I am a teacher. Well, I am a teacher by trade, but it is also what I am – even if I didn’t do it as a profession. I was thinking about this today – but as I teacher, I … Continue reading
The William Shatner Voice
Have you ever heard anyone do the William Shatner voice – without even knowing it? I guess it’s how people talk when they are trying to make a point. They do that dramatic pause that Shatner does. It works for … Continue reading
Masters
I had a great Twitter conversation with Hugh MacLeod @gapingvoid – about masters having students. He said: gapingvoid Hugh MacLeod All masters have students, whether they want them or not. That’s why they’re masters. We then had this Twitter conversation … Continue reading
Child Education
Teaching Kids to Fail
I heard someone say that teachers now are teaching students that already know everything. It’s not possible to teach someone that already knows everything. They can Bing or Google the information much more quickly than a teacher can explain it … Continue reading
An Ed Psych Lesson
I Googled a definition of Educational Psychology. The first hit defined it as: Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools … Continue reading
More Than Theory
In the past, I would have said that it’s easier to just teach theory. Go to class. Just teach the next chapter. Keep it theory, and I would have fulfilled the requirements of that course. Easy enough. But teaching … Continue reading
