Beth Goodwin and I shared about our Writing Toolkit for Students at the ATIA conference. Many people were interested in this concept of toolkit theory.
Click here to see the Presentation
It is in a wiki format. The audio will be coming soon.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
ATIA 2011 Create an Online Writing Toolkit
Beth Goodwin MSEd. and Cheryl Oakes MEd.
Beth and Cheryl presented in Orlando, FL at ATIA 2011.
See the links for the presentation and resources.
Beth and Cheryl presented in Orlando, FL at ATIA 2011.
See the links for the presentation and resources.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Student to teacher, “What is your favorite part about your job?”
It didn’t take me long to answer! It was about 7:45 AM on a weekday in a support study class. You can imagine the chaos that begins a school day for high school teens. A teacher orchestrating the group of students to help find some bit of school work for them to complete, while making a personal connection with each student, and encouraging independent work then beginning the cycle again.
This was just that sort of day. However, when he asked me that question, the room went silent. I didn’t hesitate, “My favorite part of my job is, years after meeting a student and working with a student, somehow over time, there is a huge reward, when I finally hear what the student has chosen for a school, college, job, family and place to live”, I said.
My student didn’t miss a beat and responded, “Oh, so you hate your job.” I began to protest, then I replied, “You asked me about my favorite part of the job, which is the surprise after all the waiting.”
I did not go on to say that I look forward to each day, that I reflect on my days and my meetings with students each week, as I learn something new to mention in my next meeting with a student. I did not go on to say that, I cherish the moments when a student gets a good grade after all the hard work. I cherish the teaching and the learning, especially when my students are teaching me and I am the learner. Everyday is worth it, but the surprise after waiting years is still the best.
Daniel Tyler Graduation UMO 2010
Originally uploaded by cheryloakes50
This was just that sort of day. However, when he asked me that question, the room went silent. I didn’t hesitate, “My favorite part of my job is, years after meeting a student and working with a student, somehow over time, there is a huge reward, when I finally hear what the student has chosen for a school, college, job, family and place to live”, I said.
My student didn’t miss a beat and responded, “Oh, so you hate your job.” I began to protest, then I replied, “You asked me about my favorite part of the job, which is the surprise after all the waiting.”
I did not go on to say that I look forward to each day, that I reflect on my days and my meetings with students each week, as I learn something new to mention in my next meeting with a student. I did not go on to say that, I cherish the moments when a student gets a good grade after all the hard work. I cherish the teaching and the learning, especially when my students are teaching me and I am the learner. Everyday is worth it, but the surprise after waiting years is still the best.
Daniel Tyler Graduation UMO 2010
Originally uploaded by cheryloakes50
After all those years!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
The Best of the Best of 2010 from Larry Ferlazzo
If you are looking for anything you will find it here.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/12/12/all-my-the-best-of-2010-lists-in-one-place/
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/12/12/all-my-the-best-of-2010-lists-in-one-place/
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