Episode 1 – Teacher Cliches: True or Crap?
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Overview of chat topic
- Topic: Teacher cliches – True or Crap?
- Not ones about teachers, but by teachers and for teachers.
- What is true about each cliche and what is crap about each cliche – or “a lie from the pit of teacher hell”
- Blue Cereal Education: http://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/oklaed-chat-21917
- Questions from the chat:
- 1a Truth: Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
- 1b Crap: Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
- 2a Truth: Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
- 2b Crap: Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
- 3a Truth: If we teach today’s students the way we taught yesterday’s, we’ll rob them of tomorrow.
- 3b Crap: If we teach today’s students the way we taught yesterday’s, we’ll rob them of tomorrow.
- 4a Truth: Teach me and I will forget. Show me and I will learn. Involve me and I will understand.
- 4b Crap: Teach me and I will forget. Show me and I will learn. Involve me and I will understand.
- 5a Truth: Students are digital natives. Teachers are digital immigrants.
- 5b Crap: Students are digital natives. Teachers are digital immigrants.
- 6a Truth: Failure is the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
- 6b Crap: Failure is the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
- 7a Truth: I teach for the outcome, not the income.
- 7b Crap: I teach for the outcome, not the income.
- 8: Favorite teacher cliche – one said by us or for us…
- Boomsauce tweet(s) of the night:
Erin:
A1B: Some Ss seem to be covered in asbestos and are difficult to light. We also have to be careful who we give the matches to. #oklaed pic.twitter.com/ZKl97XFZMM
— Rob Miller (@edgeblogger) February 20, 2017
Scott:
A2B #oklaed Sometimes we take caring to extremes, though and become film tropes that lead to sub-par Coolio songs. pic.twitter.com/coRl1XWcKb
— Rick Cobb (@grendelrick) February 20, 2017
- Next week on the #oklaed chat
- EdCamp OKC Preview with Anne Beck and Jon Atchley
- Join us at 8PM CST right here.
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