Comments on: What do we celebrate? http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/ technology, libraries, and schools Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dan Maas http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Dan Maas Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:25:58 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/#comment-1682 Carolyn... sorry about not spelling your name correctly in my previous post... I shouldn't post to blogs at 6 in the morning [;-) Carolyn… sorry about not spelling your name correctly in my previous post… I shouldn’t post to blogs at 6 in the morning [;-)

]]> By: Dan Maas http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 Dan Maas Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:54:28 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/#comment-1680 Carol, thank you for the reference in this post. Our team is honored. Your thinking in this post is great. I made two posts you might enjoy on this topic. It would be a great honor if you'd comment: http://www.littletonpublicschools.net/DISTRICTINFORMATION/GetInvolved/LPSBlogs/tabid/656/EntryID/151/Default.aspx http://www.littletonpublicschools.net/DISTRICTINFORMATION/GetInvolved/LPSBlogs/tabid/656/EntryID/28/Default.aspx Carol, thank you for the reference in this post. Our team is honored. Your thinking in this post is great. I made two posts you might enjoy on this topic. It would be a great honor if you’d comment:

http://www.littletonpublicschools.net/DISTRICTINFORMATION/GetInvolved/LPSBlogs/tabid/656/EntryID/151/Default.aspx

http://www.littletonpublicschools.net/DISTRICTINFORMATION/GetInvolved/LPSBlogs/tabid/656/EntryID/28/Default.aspx

]]> By: Ann Oro http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Ann Oro Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:35:30 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/#comment-1679 Carolyn: This is so easy to forget in the day to day process of trying to "complete" everything in a school year. We tend to celebrate the grades and the end products. The more I read these types of posts, the more it sinks in for me. Thanks for the reminder. I'll have to go take a look at the Ustream if it was saved. Ann Carolyn:
This is so easy to forget in the day to day process of trying to “complete” everything in a school year. We tend to celebrate the grades and the end products. The more I read these types of posts, the more it sinks in for me. Thanks for the reminder. I’ll have to go take a look at the Ustream if it was saved.
Ann

]]> By: a. woody delauder http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 a. woody delauder Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:23:11 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2008/02/23/what-do-we-celebrate/#comment-1678 Carolyn, Great Post. Celebrating the process almost never happens. We always reward and celebrate the final product. This happens as a theme in our society. What I have found to be successful... I explain to students "why" we are doing certain activities. I teach Science to 2-5 graders. Even with their young age, I feel that it is important not only to tell them "why" they are learning what they are learning, but "why" I am teaching the way I am teaching. Getting the students involved in my thought process begins to get them involved in the teaching process. Students begin to feel as if they are teachers also. They have an honest inside perspective as to the questioning aspect of teaching and learning. The process has been emphasized rather than the end product. The students have become more interested in how they learn as well as what they learn. Just as I question ideas, students are open to question ideas. Last week, a 5th grader decided to question "why" we were coming up with ideas to fix the beach erosion problem in Ocean City, MD, if Ocean City had already began fixing the problem. This began a 10 minute discussion with the class. Instead of sounding like a group of 5th graders talking about a topic, they sounded as if they were a group of envirnmental/geologic engineers discussing land conservation and ethics. It was a powerful 10 minutes. To sum things up... Until teachers make the process important, we will continue to celebrate the end product. Carolyn,
Great Post. Celebrating the process almost never happens. We always reward and celebrate the final product. This happens as a theme in our society.
What I have found to be successful…
I explain to students “why” we are doing certain activities. I teach Science to 2-5 graders. Even with their young age, I feel that it is important not only to tell them “why” they are learning what they are learning, but “why” I am teaching the way I am teaching. Getting the students involved in my thought process begins to get them involved in the teaching process. Students begin to feel as if they are teachers also. They have an honest inside perspective as to the questioning aspect of teaching and learning. The process has been emphasized rather than the end product. The students have become more interested in how they learn as well as what they learn. Just as I question ideas, students are open to question ideas.
Last week, a 5th grader decided to question “why” we were coming up with ideas to fix the beach erosion problem in Ocean City, MD, if Ocean City had already began fixing the problem. This began a 10 minute discussion with the class. Instead of sounding like a group of 5th graders talking about a topic, they sounded as if they were a group of envirnmental/geologic engineers discussing land conservation and ethics. It was a powerful 10 minutes.
To sum things up…
Until teachers make the process important, we will continue to celebrate the end product.

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