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NCWBTeacher (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@lejni On Your Third PostRemember that you are seeing an awfully short stretch of a class. Less than ten minutes of real time learning in any of these videos. The personality of the teacher and the students come out quite easily just as they would with any other method. In the seminars WBT trainers talk about combating the boardom, or habituation, by changing the way you do things. and always adding new, fun variations. Over time the kids will play a bigger role in teaching as well.
NCWBTeacher (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@lejni On your Second PostThe students are repeating the information to one another- as they learn the basics. The students need to establish a common vocabulary and understanding for the terms before you can begin to move into higher thinking levels. The techniques are effective for differentiation. The amount you use the method depends on how familiar you are with it. It gets easier to use for a wider variety of activites over time.
Jaedknight (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@lejni If you have ever had any experience performing in a band or chorus, or choir think in those terms. In the same way that you can sing or play and still pay attention to the people in your section, and the rest of the group as a whole, student partners are able to listen to each other and learn very effectively.
Jaedknight (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@lejni @lejni If you have any experience singing in a chorus, or a choir think back to that. When you are preforming you listen not only to yourself, but also to the people in the same section as you, and to the rest of your group as a whole. You have no trouble distinguishing and respinding to other voices and instruments. In the same way the students can learn really effectively even though they are speaking at the same time.
Jaedknight (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@lejni If you have any experience singing in a chorus, or a choir think back to that. When you are preforming you listen not only to yourself, but also to the people in the same section as you, and to the rest of your group as a whole. You have no trouble distinguishing and respinding to other voices and instruments. In the same way the students can learn really effectively even though they are speaking at the same time.
Jaedknight (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@lejni If you have any experience singing in a chorus, or a choir think back to that. When you are preforming you listen not only to yourself, but also to the people in the same section as you, and to the rest of your group as a whole. You have no trouble distinguishing and respinding to other voices and instruments. In the same way the students can learn really effectively even though they are speaking at the same time.
lejni (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And it's OK, that the focus is on students and learning, but where's the teacher's personality (and the students'). Everybody is doing the same, in the same style, even with the same words and tone. I can't simply believe that this technique can be engaging on the long term. Fun things can become boring and dull after a while. And is learnig=with repetition only, as Mr. Biffle says in one of his videos? What about discovery, competences,student's preferences, natural curiosity, assosiations?!
lejni (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Are they paying attention to each other? What is the point then? Are they just repeating, recycling and that's it?+ Are these techniques suitable for differeciation? Do they meet the needs of all students (e.g.: visual types and analytic minds?) Do you use these techniques on every lesson? Or just when you want to introduce new knowledge or want to revise old ones?
lejni (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hi! This is the 10-12th video I saw with the label of Whole Brain Teaching. I have to confess that I'm stunned... Althogh student engagement, peer teaching and memory gestures are impressive, but these techniques still remain somehow wierd for me... I'm aware of the fact that a traditional (or let's say: old-fashioned) classroom communicational situation is considered artificial, but this seems to be totally unnarural for me. Althogh they are teaching each other, they are speaking simultaneously
doobieuser (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm already trying this with my Honors Geometry class. It's working well. Especially with starting on time. |
