Posted on June 7th, 2008 by AG
The accounting firm Accenture has a neat little phrase: “Expectation Gap”. They use the term to explain the phenomenon of returned consumer electronics for one. It has been discovered that only 20% of returned products are actually defective or broken, though the costumer said they were.
Accenture explains that there was an apparent expectation [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2008 by AG
What I most want to do is create. And innovate. It’s part of who I am. Part of how I am wired. I seek what’s new. I try to learn what I don’t know. Repeatedly.
This puts me at a disadvantage as a teacher. I have learned through experience and through [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2008 by AG
A few years ago, about ten years into teaching, I realized that there is simply way too much data coming my way in a single day to process it in the moment and stay true and open to new data (student questions/needs, requests from administrators, parents etc..) Given the complete lack of time between [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by AG
My favorite article from this past weekend came from the Wall Street Journal and contained the following quote by Luc Sante about books:
“If I need to emerge from a particular mental rut I can just randomly reach out and pull something down and start reading. Within minutes the ensnaring spell has been snapped and [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by AG
Let progress take care of itself. Don’t corrupt the beauty of learning by becoming attached to an end goal.
-Character Ozawa from Blowing Zen by Ray Brooks
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by AG
Everything 2.0 is socially mediated and wide open. This is the problem in today’s digital arena (and why so many schools and districts remain paranoid about going “2.0″). Everything great and foul is thrown into the same pit for consumption (ie..You Tube, Wikipedia, Flickr, Facebook, MySpace, etc..) and, as such, is unrated. And [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2008 by AG
by Marlith at Flickr
I stumbled upon this list today at the MENC website. It is very basic but useful for beginning (music) teachers:
Ten Ways To Encourage Good Student Behavior
Students are less likely to have behavior problems if they feel welcome in your classroom and if they’re learning (music) that’s engaging and challenging. The following [...]
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