Some of the resources I will be using for my GAME plan are my co-workers. One of our Statistics teachers often uses football and basketball games to collect interesting data with his Stats students and then shares the results with the staff. This is an example of how I would demonstrate learning being fun; taking things students consider interesting and fusing it with the curriculum. I would use my friend who is a college football coach as a resource to come speak to my students about his road to where he is and the importance of education. I would also use my brother, who is the vice president of admissions for a university and also in the music business to give his perspective on education and what it did for him. I think these and others would be great resources for facilitating and inspiring student learning.
The main two resources that I would use for meeting my goal of professional growth and leadership would be the information gathered and learned in my masters program at Walden University and the iNACOL (International Association of Online Learning) organization that I am a member of. There is a wealth of information in both resources to broaden my knowledge tremendously and facilitate me moving into a leadership role.
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Until reading your post, I really never thought of bringing in stats from sports as an activity/speaker in the classroom, thanks for sharing. I like the idea of having a collegue share his/her experience with students as well. Sometimes, when they describe themselves in high school, students can relate and then see the future as well. I know just in my third grade classroom, I always comment on "when" you go to college, and never use "if". Hopefully, we are changing one student at a time. Thanks for sharing! Lesia
ReplyDeleteEric,
ReplyDeleteYour post this week evoked reaction from within. How many different ways can I state what a remarkable teacher without it sounding routine or bogus? Being an elementary teacher, I would never be able to teach Stats, but how you have coupled your school’s sports and Stats’ data together to show how learning can be relevant and interesting, is resourceful. You have linked so well the importance of education and where it can take you in life by providing diverse examples for your students to listen, see, and talk to. I haven’t heard of iNACOL before, what is the website?
Good job!
Kimberly
Eric,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to bring in community members whose stories will interest your students. Sports and music will definitely capture their attention. You’ve developed an excellent way to help your students connect to the “outside” world. Could you tie this in with some type of career research project? I know that many of my students have career goals, but they have little to no idea of what they need to do to reach those goals.
When you talk about inspiring your students, I was reminded of a young man, Brian Boyle, who spoke last week at a student awards ceremony I attended. He was an athlete who was in a car accident right after his high school graduation; he suffered devastating injuries, actually dying on the operating table eight times. Nonetheless, he made a full recovery, returning to sports, going to college, and (you won’t believe) competing in the Ironman World Championship. When he told the students they can achieve their goals if they commit, it wasn’t an empty sentiment. It was wonderful to see the effect he had on his audience. Here’s a video of his story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QctYzF2jKbg). Perhaps your students will find this story as inspiring as mine did.