You know…the one you give students whether they’re right or wrong because you want them to think with their own brains, not with yours. As inspired by Dan Meyer, who has inspired a whole meme of clueless pics.
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My post on plans for my first day with students included Dan Meyer’s “Who I Am” sheet. I just thought I’d share my completed sheet, in case you were interested. Tweet I have just finished writing my Master’s project proposal. It’s been an experience. Since I’ve known I’ll be moving out of state (circa November), I’ve been trying to finish all the classes I can to avoid the horrors of transferring graduate-level credits. Since January I’ve taken 10 credits, including my weenie 1 credit I get [...] I’m a pretty laid back dude. I don’t get too worked up about major life changes. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the hugeness of the changes, it’s just that I’m okay with change, and look forward to the new opportunities that result. I’m currently in the middle of some pretty huge life changes (i.e. [...] A snippet from a conversation I had with a student this morning: Student: “This project is long.” Me: “That’s why I gave you so many days in class to work on it. I wanted you to have time to make it excellent.” Student: “Yeah, but this project is taking longer than when we just used [...] “If you are in a shipwreck and all the boats are gone, a piano top . . . that comes along makes a fortuitous life preserver, but this is not to say that the best way to design a life preserver is in the form of a piano top. I think that we are clinging [...] From our principal’s Monday Memo: “Wednesday – Begin casual days the remainder of the year.”
It’s the small things that make life significant. Image credit: Day 50- Two thumbs UP! by John Carleton Tweet [...] |
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