Thoughts about Post over the Last Week

Class,

The following are snippets I found in your posts that caught my attention:

Student Post: I thought it was interesting that correctives could be used for special ed purposes.

Todd: In what ways will you suggest and meets the special needs of students? Can a student-centered classroom led by students investigations that are starting from where the students are at and that allow more time for students to council with individual groups meet these needs? Would the student-centered classroom be the silver bullet? I sometimes feel that I have reduced too much down to this conclusion and want to be sure that I continually reflect on this, but I see this as a more authentic and personal approach to meeting the needs of all students more so than specially designing teacher-centered lessons for each student as I feel that most have unique needs. What are your thoughts?

Student Post: Sometimes I worry about this because I tie things together in my mind but wonder if how I teach will tie together concepts and ideas in a similar way in the minds of my students.

Todd: In observing this lesson I did think that the passion that you had presenting your own experiences was meaningful as a member of the audience. I was interested in the elk and ferret project. I appreciate that you put forth the effort to bring in real life examples and props that would further gain the students interests. I also think you are wise to be sure that you are not assuming that how you tie things together is how your students will. I would want to do exactly what you did, but also continue to share different careers with students along with classroom guests and student interactions with other professionals to make sure that I was allowing them to tie things together in a way that best suits them and their interests.