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With the impending snow heading our way, Maria and Sheila talked about the possibility of a snow day! Snow days have to be made up at the end of the school year to meet the state's requirements. What if the students were able to do the school work at home and have the work count as a day of school. Some schools have implemented 'Blizzard Bags.'
Lisa is still 'on leave' and we hope she will be able to return soon and add to the conversation!
This week Maria and Sheila talked about caring in our classroom/school and entrusting students to our care (in relation to the Sandy Hook school shootings). (Lisa was unable to join us for the show this week.)
This week marked our first day back after our summer hiatus. We spent the time talking about the learning we did over the summer and how the start of the school year has been going. We got into a brief discussion about how important we are to the atmosphere of the classroom. We will return to this topic at a later date.
On this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers we talk about what we talk about when we talk about Trayvon Martin #trayvonmartin. What have you been talking to your students about this?
Here are some of the things that have been going up on Youth Voices the past few weeks: http://youthvoices.net/taxonomy/term/33223 And follow this link to find some of the the articles we have been reading and annotating together. (Once in the “Mission,” click on each individual title to see students’ comments.) http://youthvoices.net/node/36643
Recently, when I (Paul Allison) walked into my teachers room, it took about 4 seconds of talking about what my students were doing for three African-American colleagues to talk in wide-ranging ways about violence and protecting children and dress and racism, and more. I just listened as carefully as I could, trying to learn what their questions were.
We made an open invitation to teachers to come talk
bout Trayvon Martin at EdTechTalk https://edtechtalk.net. Paul Allison, Chris Sloan
and Monika Hardy
hosted this conversation with Ashleigh Dennis
, Al Elliott
and Kiseem, one of Paul’s students.
We agree with what Dan Cantor wrote recently on the Working Families blogs: “What is new and welcome is that more and more white people are reminded or learning for the first time what the persistent existence of the color line means to millions of our fellow Americans.” http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/04/my-son-doesnt-look-like-trayvon/
We think this episode of TTT will add to the conversations you might be having with students and colleagues — or you wish your were having. Let us know your thoughts by commenting below.
The Conversations gang returned from their summer vacation with lots to say and ready for plenty of conversation. Lisa , Maria and Sheila share their learning while away for the summer.
This week, we discussed ending the school year. Although for some
listeners it was a reflection, Lisa, Maria and Sheila all have about 2
more weeks to go! Several ideas and links were shared in the chat.
This week, we discussed the message people get when they come into your classroom. Does your room portray the message you want it to? How do you get people to understand your message?
This week we celebrated our 100th Episode. We talked about how we got started and moved right into a conversation about being connected as educators. It was great fun!
This week, Lisa, Maria, and Sheila got a bit political, talking about today’s politics of teaching. Our kickoff was a series of tweets by Diane Ravitch, @dianeravitch, about the need for educators to advocate for themselves. Join us this week in finding a way to promote educators to the public – or at least to your parents.
Spring Renewal. Do our classrooms have seasons too? We discussed if there were spring/seasonal differences that affect our teaching and our students. Does your classroom change? The building staff? You?
