Monday, February 13, 2012

A Vision of Students Today

At the FETC Conference, I had the opportunity to see Michael Wesch. He was the KeyNote speaker on Wednesday morning. Michael has created some thought provoking videos with his students and has shared them on YouTube. His experiences and heart are what struck me.
Consider these:
Wonder increases happiness and productivity.  
The brain likes novelty.
A great teacher can breathe life into any room, if he or she steps away from the chalkboard and makes connections with the students.
Teachers are not the experts, students bring and give knowledge to the classroom.
  • To question is to: quest for mastery, invite connections, and embrace vulnerability
  • True freedom is: freedom to learn, freedom to fail, and freedom to love and be loved
We learn from failures as well as our successes.
Students want to feel they are loved.  That they can love, learn and fail.  



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