"I believe that we as teachers need to cultivate our "learner's instinct..." for if we approach the world, in wonder, as learners, there are countless epiphanies awaiting us out there." As we begin our two days let's think about cultivating learners and preparing the "soil" where our students grow. If all of us are "perennials" then we are growing and growing more each year... students and teachers together. Let's take a minute and reflect on where we are and where we want to be. "Mistress Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?" Dr. McIntyre says that we have to do more than pull weeds to have a garden. We have to make something grow. Gardens are always challenging Mother Nature. They have their own will. Just as flowers grow and blossom at different times, so do the students. We plant them in neat rows and carefully space them for proper lighting and sprouting. New tools are appearing in the shed for our gardens called classrooms around the world. The collection of tools is building and promises of healthy and beautiful flowers are heard. ...but the tools are many and their ways are new. The landscape is vast and the garden is filled with many decisions. How do we make them? The centipede looks like an understanding creature. He knows our dilemmas. We have the "centipede syndrome." Which foot do we start on first??
Today we start on our right foot (certainly not the wrong one!) and take a walk through some places on the Internet where people are using technology and online resources with their students. Remember, best foot forward. Umm... now... which foot was that? Oh dear... right side, 7th foot back... Follow Lori's friend. He's headed in a good direction. |
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