Posts Tagged ‘dreaming’ >>

Kindred Spirits >>

Nathan

On my previous post "Stop that...", Shirley Winkle (aka my kid sister's pseudonym) suggested two very thought provoking videos about education. I loved them so much I felt it was worth giving them their own post. First let me preface them by saying that they are absolutely wonderful. I will not pretend to disguise my enthusiasm under layers of objectivity. Not only are they immensely thought provoking, but they are funny. Funny in a way that captures your imagination as well as your laughter. Both of these were found on TED, which I would encourage you to...

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What was that objective again? >>

Nathan

Objective, standard, goal, benchmark, target, added progress, and on and on and on... Wow, what an amazingly useful set of words that get beat to death! They're dead to me, Don Vito style. I began my first class in my Master of Art in Teaching program last week. It was all a bit overwhelming at first. There are these magical acronyms that are used for everything, that for the uninitiated are completely baffling. Once I had a little more time to catch up to my thoughts, I began reflecting on what was said in class. I was absolutely amazed at some...

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