tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.comments2022-11-30T14:14:46.649-08:00Coaching in and out of the classroomDr. Christopher R McGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575214638218127989noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-61961018732654808332016-09-05T14:04:38.054-07:002016-09-05T14:04:38.054-07:00I was going to comment, but I thought I'd just...I was going to comment, but I thought I'd just leave some silence here. :) Great thoughts.. I'm learning that, as a coach, sometimes I need to be careful to let my teachers think and reflect, and not interject my enthusiasm. Ironically, the same problem I had in the classroom when a student nailed me "Can we, um, just get started?" Mrs. Venosdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991894161907848721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-58012489338072755822015-07-29T11:36:06.554-07:002015-07-29T11:36:06.554-07:00I especially like the technique of raising your ha...I especially like the technique of raising your hand to indicate thinking time and no students' hands should be raised during this time. I am interested in reading the rest of the book or at least your review of the chapters. Thanks.<br />I also agree you should proofread your blog. There are 4 errors in the OPENING sentence and that is a turn off to teachers. "That tilte is very alliterative. I just neege to thesaurus.com a new work for enegagement that starts with the letter "S." I didn't like any of the options..."<br />bjudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972976548565812283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-84345884126589256632014-11-24T07:36:30.045-08:002014-11-24T07:36:30.045-08:00Love this. Being mindful of what you would do IDEA...Love this. Being mindful of what you would do IDEALLY is so big in making changes that stick.Chuck Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257969364128941719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-41080239652716689752014-01-29T06:44:56.166-08:002014-01-29T06:44:56.166-08:00Thanks so much for this checklist, it's a huge...Thanks so much for this checklist, it's a huge help!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-57062632750977747532014-01-07T15:45:08.355-08:002014-01-07T15:45:08.355-08:00Awesome ideas! Will definitely try this at our nex...Awesome ideas! Will definitely try this at our next EdcampPDX in April!Melissa Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09276312962587896977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-41333575430971578482013-12-27T16:23:07.136-08:002013-12-27T16:23:07.136-08:00Sold! Considering I haven't written anything o...Sold! Considering I haven't written anything on my blog since March (when life got outta control busy), I think this is JUST the thing to get me back in the game. Well played, CMcG. Follow-up post to come...JRMikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905108188759680629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-12468738795314896832013-09-02T00:50:11.329-07:002013-09-02T00:50:11.329-07:00Gorgeous!Gorgeous!Charlahttp://thesteammop.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-31151396889703445412013-04-19T04:43:45.786-07:002013-04-19T04:43:45.786-07:00I would find it interesting to see the differences...I would find it interesting to see the differences in 'wheels' as a person moves through life. Should you always be 'balanced'? Are there times in a life when all your focus needs to be in 1 or 2 areas? Do men and women see balance differently? Hmmmmm .... gcGabrielle Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03294316063597457687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-57833174808129253622013-03-21T07:32:21.730-07:002013-03-21T07:32:21.730-07:00Love this blog and that talk - it is so important ...Love this blog and that talk - it is so important for educational leaders to be aware of the technological presence of their teachings, and use it to their advantage. You may be interested in checking out the article below which focuses on new ways to use iPads in the classroom environment.<br /><br />http://bcontext.com/blog/index.php/new-ways-to-use-ipads-in-the-classroom/Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229195951249501681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-27682046098906035262013-03-13T19:00:36.123-07:002013-03-13T19:00:36.123-07:00I'm with you! I'll be putting this in my E...I'm with you! I'll be putting this in my Evernote notes so I can use it to encourage other teachers to blog as well!<br /><br />I started my blog a little over a year ago, and what has it done for me? It's made me more transparent to my administration and fellow teachers. It has also made me work much, much harder at my job. Don't get me wrong; I've always worked very hard. But now I'm ONLY focused on my students, and not on all the other baloney that could happen at work. I feel as if I'm more professional now, and I enjoy sharing all I learn, instead of hoarding it! ;-)<br /><br />My next step - I've got to get my 7th graders blogging more, and seeing the results of their blogging, as you have suggested. Thank you for this post!Joy Kirrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08883167887036480979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-63376187905520897182013-03-13T13:46:17.535-07:002013-03-13T13:46:17.535-07:00There are many things more important than blogging...There are many things more important than blogging, especially how it is often used in the classroom. As you know I argue that blogging and other forms of social media have the potential to be transformative when they are used to connect students with others around the world. Unfortunately this isn't the norm of blogging or social media use by our students.<br /><br />When teachers refer to authentic audience they often confuse it with a larger audience. Authenticity means that the readers want to read the writing. They choose it, they don't have it chosen for them (even when they are assigned to do it through comments4kids). We don't develop authentic audiences with our students because that requires we give up control of where the students go and what they read. <br /><br />If we want blogging and commenting to be transformative we have to let students choose to blog, choose to respond, and choose to not participate. Then the power of connections can truly transform our students thinking. I truly believe that connections made by future generations online will help bring about a more peaceful and caring world, the question is will educators lead the way or will we continue to stifle it through our lack of understanding?Wm Chamberlainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692221214846665588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-2974492650636410682013-02-11T13:08:21.495-08:002013-02-11T13:08:21.495-08:00Nice job getting the key points into manageable nu...Nice job getting the key points into manageable nuggets of knowledge. These premises are foundational for effective teaching, and they challenge all of us to think critically and helpfully about our practice.Ms. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05452959341750332175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-19943426546302296982013-02-04T07:57:54.877-08:002013-02-04T07:57:54.877-08:00Chris
If I had had this at your age I might not h...Chris<br /><br />If I had had this at your age I might not have had 3 wives. The rub though is that if I had had balance I would not have had the success for myself or my students that I experienced. Being a champion (the best) in any area requires sacrifice. If I had it all to do over again I'm not sure I would change.egAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-23483364021392484962013-01-09T22:07:11.490-08:002013-01-09T22:07:11.490-08:00Chris,
Thank you so much for pointing me in the d...Chris, <br />Thank you so much for pointing me in the direction of this post. I have been thinking about the qualities that great leaders possess quite a bit lately so my ears perked up when I heard the General on CNN earlier this evening. I just finished watching his TED Talk which was essentially the same message he conveyed during the interview on CNN. Leadership is all about building trust. I think one of the reasons so many teachers leave education is because the do not feel like their leaders have faith in them. Perhaps a leader who does not trust is really a leader in name only. <br /><br />BethStillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587864629271709058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-32614895268826817882012-11-07T12:01:06.868-08:002012-11-07T12:01:06.868-08:00Nicely done! I'm sharing this with my faculty!...Nicely done! I'm sharing this with my faculty! I do recommend teachers use Lexile measures carefully. I was the livid parent when Lexile measures alone suggested Capote's horrific In Cold Blood to my 6th grader...<br />Here in VA, I appreciate the State Library putting out a Lexile Notable Book list:<br />http://www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/ldnd/lexile/titles.aspMelissa Techmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348767176426453291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-1692266892699142192012-10-30T20:59:59.552-07:002012-10-30T20:59:59.552-07:00Sure this idea isn't without flaws... but I li...Sure this idea isn't without flaws... but I like it! Mostly because a textbook tends to be something a beginning teacher (or veteran teacher teaching a new class) relies on. The experienced teacher gravitates away from it more and more. Only in my 2 and 3 rounds teaching particular classes, and I hardly use the textbook anymore. Most of the time I use it it's only for practice problems anyway. I could whip up a textbook in no-time with the experiences that I've had! <br /><br />This is seriously an interesting idea, and I think that you should invest in getting it out there. Obviously many teachers will hate it, mostly because they don't want to do extra work (like creating a textbook), but many (including myself) I think would actually prefer it.Chris Mitchellhttp://www.teachscienceright.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-7416687845147187502012-10-29T18:34:37.593-07:002012-10-29T18:34:37.593-07:00I wonder if the value of homework at the high scho...I wonder if the value of homework at the high school level comes because the teachers don't allow enough time for students to work in class. Learning is active, that means sitting and receiving doesn't get the job done. I would suspect that teachers who allow/expect students to actively learn in their high school classes need not give homework. #SoThereWm Chamberlainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692221214846665588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-23790307735825947292012-10-17T08:29:39.537-07:002012-10-17T08:29:39.537-07:00Chris, I am often inspired by your approach to edu...Chris, I am often inspired by your approach to education but I'm afraid I'm having the opposite feeling on this issue. Maybe it's because our district seems to be poised on the brink of ending textbook purchases in lieu of issuing students iPads and asking teachers to become authors of their own textbooks. At any rate, I value your thinking so I'd like to give you some feedback and hear what you have to say. I do appreciate the limitations of physical textbooks and look forward to more flexible and "open sourced" texts for my students. However, there is still a hugely cynical side of me that believes this transition is/will be based more on saving money than maximizing learning outcomes. Worse, the "savings" come at the cost of already stretched teacher labor. I'm not against saving money, but I'm deeply resentful of the idea that the cost of the savings be on the backs of teachers. Your formulas are unconvincing and alarming. You were a teacher mere months ago. Think back to your colleagues then: <br /><br />Wouldn't they be offended by the suggestion that 26.8 days of substitutes could effectively do their job? That's over 5 weeks of school, half a quarter of instruction time. P.S. there are also some parents out there that would lose it if you suggested it would be an okay scenario for their child's learning.<br /><br />Ok, but I know you say that's not the ideal (sorry, but still, *really* massive understatement as I think you know it's completely undoable and therefore not really a sound way to build your case or win over an audience of teachers). It's also hardly ideal to expect teachers to be enthusiastic about several extra weeks of work to make this authoring happen, especially at what amounts for most to be half pay at best according to your "formula".<br /><br />If we go with the high end of your estimation at $20/hr (*not* what most teachers get per hour normally) and 134 hours of labor you get just a hair over 3 weeks of work out of your budget. Do you honestly think 3 weeks is what it takes to collaborate with specialists in a field to produce a high quality textbook, digital or otherwise? If you spread it out during the school year it's nearly an extra 4 hours a week of work on top of a full-time schedule... an extra half day *every week*.<br /><br />I do think a plus side of a self-generated digital text is the ability to keep it updated ourselves and the idea of ownership, while intriguing at first, is ultimately very naive the way you present it. "Allow it to be ours?" you ask, followed immediately by the idea of publishing it and selling it. To whom do you refer when you say ours, then? To whom does it really belong? If this intellectual property is "sold" online or to homeschoolers, who gets the income?<br /><br />It's just too much money talk, Chris, which, pardon the pun, isn't at all the strongest selling point for digital texts. It's bound to be really off-putting to teachers to start that sell from this perspective. Before you even get to your punch line about things "adding up" you already pull out 40% of your budget for technology expenses, cutting directly from the pay for your human resources.<br /><br />I hope you'll engage in my critique, because I fear decisions where I teach are being made without proper discussion and arguments may be prevailing uncontested along the lines of what you propose here.<br /><br />Finally, we can't lose perspective here about what matters, which is the positive impact on the mind of the learner on the other "side" of whatever the "text" is that we may choose, whether it be digital, ink on paper or simply the world around us. To put a different spin on your mathematical/economic arguments presented here, it is that mind and the learning that happens in there that is truly priceless.<br /><br />-AnthonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-89057515182367877022012-09-09T16:27:11.045-07:002012-09-09T16:27:11.045-07:00Love this! You've compiled a great list of th...Love this! You've compiled a great list of the things we ALL need to keep in mind when we are teaching and learning.<br />Thanks,Chris! @ktveehttp://www.venspired.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-62215678948394955172012-09-06T00:15:03.858-07:002012-09-06T00:15:03.858-07:00Good content.
Proofread your blog.
Third line of s...Good content.<br />Proofread your blog.<br />Third line of simple strategies:<br />"If you are doping a worksheet..." Eric E. Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061193531254728800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-37609869034076314692012-07-30T01:38:24.644-07:002012-07-30T01:38:24.644-07:00Education is really important to many people. I th...Education is really important to many people. I think it's great that there are still amny people who are passionate in the field. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.elearners.com/online-degrees/master/education.htm" rel="nofollow">masters in education online</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-51914040508397347472012-02-22T08:44:59.520-08:002012-02-22T08:44:59.520-08:00nice!nice!Anahttp://yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-68786859614983445732012-02-21T18:39:16.641-08:002012-02-21T18:39:16.641-08:00nice!nice!Anahttp://yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-72314393376930932522011-12-26T16:59:02.587-08:002011-12-26T16:59:02.587-08:00Chris, I just wanted to comment on your blog. I f...Chris, I just wanted to comment on your blog. I found it via your Don't Forget Your Place! post. I bought that book this past November in hopes that it would have some insights into how we could get people to come around to reform in our school. It saddened me to hear that one of your colleagues would react that way to what is obviously an amazing opportunity. My teaching partner and I have faced similar roadblocks and "bubble poppers" when we suggest great books to read or sites to visit. So I was reading that post then went to your latest post about personalized learning! I love it! What great ideas. We currently teach a 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classroom with 2 teachers and 50 kids. We have had to work our way through making learning meaningful for our kids and have definitely learned that putting our kids in control of their learning has made all the difference. Keep up the great work! I look forward to hearing more about your experiences as the year progresses. ~AnnAnn and Celinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06312634039114655676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607869027699454375.post-74749648447299723852011-12-20T20:14:49.098-08:002011-12-20T20:14:49.098-08:00I am sure this is going to help most of the studen...I am sure this is going to help most of the students..It is a nice blog on the student point of view..Thanks for sharing this wonderful post..MBA in real estatehttp://www.homburgacademy.orgnoreply@blogger.com