I was so interested from the whole context of Dean Shareski's presentation. From his explanation form how teaching and learning different in 2013 to the levels of engagement from setting class goals to using technology in class. In my today's blog I want to say something from his presentation regarding setting class goals.
I always think as a new teacher I will have a very had time setting class goals for my students based on their interest at the beginning of the school year because all of my students don't have the same reasons why they chose to attend high school. For me this is not about planning for the year of preparing lesson plans, rather I will be worried what skills my students will get at the end of the school year, I will be worried I may spend too much time on things which have nothing to do with the skills my students need in the real world, am I going to have enough time to teach students critical thinking or problem solving skills? am I going to asses my students based on the goal I set at the beginning of the year or am I going to use the traditional assessment tool to asses every student as if they are all going to college.
Finally, we should all try to set class goal based on what skills we think our students should acquire by the end of the school year. As Dean Shareski said on his presentation though, the basis of our class goals must include 1) Learning is social and connected 2) Learning is personal and self-directed 3) Learning is rich in content and diversity and 4) learning out to be fun!!!!!!
Have a blessed day!!!
I love the class goals in this, and I agree with all of your concerns, Elias. I feel like the best thing any of us new teachers can do is just remember to breathe, take it one day at a time and remind ourselves that we can actually do this. Hopefully then we can all achieve our goals.
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