tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9703778562281775452024-03-13T06:32:08.347-07:00Time Is A VariableSteve McCrea, Independent Educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564199570074194711noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970377856228177545.post-28395078877748608722013-09-02T06:32:00.002-07:002013-09-02T06:32:12.973-07:00BUILD STRONGER BRAINS by increasing blood flow to the brain. Dr. Amen's 12 remedies for a healthy brain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Steve McCrea, Independent Educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564199570074194711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970377856228177545.post-67439693740147923312013-09-02T03:00:00.000-07:002013-09-02T03:00:49.280-07:00The Virtual Mentor: a procedure to connect a young person to a mentor without the hassle of bringing an adult into a school.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dennis Littky writes about the importance of mentors ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">well, for copyright reasons, only a few words will be shown here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From page 128</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See his book, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Big-Picture-Education-Everyones/dp/0871209713/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">The Big Picture.</a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Free chapters from his book (published by ASCD.org)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Free chapter in Portuguese</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Free Chapter in Spanish (coming soon)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In many schools, the respected expert is treated like an unknown stranger:</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- finger prints before you can meet with students</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- background check</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- monitoring by the school staff while you are on campus</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- no contact between you and the students (for fear of pedophiles)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mentor gives up at least an hour for every 30-minute visit to a classroom. I once spent 20 minutes driving to a school, then 10 minutes getting through the security, then the 30 minutes in a visit, then extracting myself from the classroom, then another 20 minutes to drive. It was over an hour and I felt that the students had benefited, but they really needed more contact. It would be better to have multiple small-group meetings than to have a single "whole group" meeting.</span><br />
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How can we get around these obstacles?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a reward to students who have completed a set of worksheets, </span><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Become-Virtual-Mentor-personalize/dp/1484816285" target="_blank">GET THE FREE EBOOK</a> called Virtual Mentors....<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm a teacher in Miami. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">I have a procedure called "The Virtual Mentor." </span></b> I look for adults who love learning, who appear to love life and who appear to embrace challenges. I ask those adults to visit my class "virtually" and to tell students something about their approach to problems, how they look for infomration and to tell us what magazines they read. I ask for your best method of contact (email or mobile phone text) and then I find two students who are given the task of writing a question no more than once a month ... it is a five-minute contribution of your time. You reply to the question and then you hear nothing more from the students for another 30 days. If you want more contact, then you can initiate the contact. All contact is done through me, where you reply to the question that I've sent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look forward to having you contact me at TLASteve@gmail.com ... send me your reply to the following questions....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some general questions</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>1. What quotations inspire you?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>2. What books do you like (and why)?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>3. What do you recommend for students to study?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>4. What do you remember from school that was useful?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>5. What magazines do you read at least once a year?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>6. Can you recommend an article that you found interesting?</b></span><br />
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If you would like to become a Virtual Mentor, please write to TLASteve@gmail.com and answer the questions in GREEN above.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Let's start with parental concerns:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">a) are you letting my daughter write to a complete stranger? Are you out of your mind?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">ANSWER: The stranger has been vetted by the teacher.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">The stranger writes a reply to me, the teacher, and I strip the contact information from the email. Then the daughter can write a reply.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">b) What is the purpose of this activity? This is a math class. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">ANSWER: the mind often needs a "vacation." The class is 100 minutes and I want students to practice being adults. They can work on the tasks in any order and they can write a letter at some point in the 100-minute class.</span></b></div>
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If I ask adults to go through this process, I should submit myself to the same process of answering these questions.</div>
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Since I'm asking you to spend some time to complete this form, I am going to do the same thing.</div>
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<span class="s1"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Become-Virtual-Mentor-personalize/dp/1484816285">http://www.amazon.com/How-Become-Virtual-Mentor-personalize/dp/1484816285</a></span></div>
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<b>1. What quotations inspire you?</b></div>
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I like lyrics from musicals (Sound of Music, 1776, The Little Mermaid, Man of La Mancha)</div>
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I like "The Impossible Dream" and I've memorized six lines from a poem called Equipment by Edgar Guest. Courage comes form the soul within, the man must furnish the will to win so, figure it out for yourself, my lad, you were born with all that the great have had, with your equipment they all began, get hold of yourself and say, "I can."</div>
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<b>2. What books do you like (and why)?</b></div>
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Arthur C. Clarke's<i> Songs of Distant Earth</i></div>
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around page 156 is a word about "ablation" -- a shield of ice is used on the front of a ship to absorb particles that the ship rams into. The Ablative shield eventually wears away</div>
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cool word.</div>
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I also like a book called The Big Picture (2004 by Dennis Littky) because it redefines the relationship between schol and community. We taxpayers shouldn't assume that teachers and parents have the entire burden of guiding young people to adulthood. There is a place for mentors.</div>
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<b>3. What do you recommend for students to study?</b></div>
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I like biographies, magazines and newspapers. A kid can learn a lot from wandering through text and then perhaps the kid will begin asking questions.</div>
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<b>4. What do you remember from school that was useful?</b></div>
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I particularly liked it when our classes were visited by strangers. Those experts allowed us to ask them questions.</div>
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<b>5. What magazines do you read at least once a year?</b></div>
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Smithsonian, National Geographic, Psychology Today, ASCD Educational Leadership (for teachers), Digital Photography Magazine, National Geographic Explorer, Discovery magazine, Men's Health, Reader's Digest, Sierra Club, National Rifle Association newsletters, ...</div>
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<b>6. Can you recommend an article that you found interesting?</b></div>
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There is a fascinating article about the difference between grass-fed beef and corn-fed beef. The article appeared in the July 2012 issue of Psychology Today. I found it amazing that omega-3 fats are so differently distributed in the meat of cows.</div>
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<b>7. How did you get your current job?</b></div>
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I kept interviewing until I found a boss who had a vision about what "work" is. He has an idea about how to get through the day and arrive at the end with something accomplished.</div>
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Steve McCrea, Independent Educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564199570074194711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970377856228177545.post-78209145184930130222013-09-02T02:15:00.005-07:002013-09-02T02:15:43.813-07:00What procedures can help a school make "time more flexible" for the students? What rules can help students become more independent?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">What are the procedures that promote independence in students?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is the theme of this blog: <b>Let's capture the "teacher talk" and the exercises that any teacher can use to make the classroom more open for students.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have posted several items in my classroom to promote autonomy, mastery and purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are themes from Dan Pink's book, Drive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A core procedure is the "Fedex Day" where students are allowed to study whatever they want to study as long as they deliver something within 24 or 48 hours. The project does not have to be completed. However, there has to be something visible.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Here's another procedure: The Virtual Mentor.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a reward to students who have completed a set of worksheets, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm a teacher in Miami. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">I have a procedure called "The Virtual Mentor." </span></b> I look for adults who love learning, who appear to love life and who appear to embrace challenges. I ask those adults to visit my class "virtually" and to tell students something about their approach to problems, how they look for infomration and to tell us what magazines they read. I ask for your best method of contact (email or mobile phone text) and then I find two students who are given the task of writing a question no more than once a month ... it is a five-minute contribution of your time. You reply to the question and then you hear nothing more from the students for another 30 days. If you want more contact, then you can initiate the contact. All contact is done through me, where you reply to the question that I've sent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look forward to having you contact me at TLASteve@gmail.com ... send me your reply to the following questions....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some general questions</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>1. What quotations inspire you?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>2. What books do you like (and why)?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>3. What do you recommend for students to study?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>4. What do you remember from school that was useful?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>5. What magazines do you read at least once a year?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>6. Can you recommend an article that you found interesting?</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">a) are you letting my daughter write to a complete stranger? Are you out of your mind?</span></b></div>
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Here are some exercises<br />
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Steve McCrea, Independent Educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564199570074194711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970377856228177545.post-54442566203811678992013-08-09T01:56:00.002-07:002013-08-09T02:02:11.801-07:00August 9: Abraham Fischler says that "The Student is the Class."<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKPsRn9goQ15gJzWM1R0QvZxf9KXoiAut_52iAAQNLr4jksH7AJATWkM0Nt2bnVEeRr1vJR-J45MI24l0Uv4iR64-Ql6Sbp_jWH0r6Wf0rDajj-n3yKzcTSkPxAk6mtZRufN50wPO1tgY/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-08-09+at+4.48.46+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKPsRn9goQ15gJzWM1R0QvZxf9KXoiAut_52iAAQNLr4jksH7AJATWkM0Nt2bnVEeRr1vJR-J45MI24l0Uv4iR64-Ql6Sbp_jWH0r6Wf0rDajj-n3yKzcTSkPxAk6mtZRufN50wPO1tgY/s320/Screen+shot+2013-08-09+at+4.48.46+AM.png" width="281" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">The Problem</strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">At the present time, teachers are working hard but we are still not fulfilling the demands of our students or our society. Why not? The schools are set up with an agrarian calendar and teachers are responsible for teaching to a class as a unit. Time is fixed and the only variable is performance – some pass and others fail. And, if the persons who fail do not make up and achieve the proficiency that the test is measuring, they drift further and further behind. The consequences are numerous and punishing. How does this instill a love of learning? This approach does not take into account a truism: ‘all students can learn but they learn at different rates and have different preferential learning styles’.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">Instead of asking the student to fit the administrative structure (i.e., the class and arbitrary time periods for learning subjects and achieving competencies), we must provide each student with the time and means to succeed. Rather than punish the student who learns more slowly than the arbitrarily chosen period, we must treat each student as the class.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">We must find a way of doing this. Other industries have made similar changes* and it is now time for education to do the same.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">*Take FedEx, who can tell you where any package is at any time. Look at banking, which is now available 24 hours a day through ATMs and you can go to almost any ATM to withdraw or deposit funds. Both industries invested in information and delivery systems to meet the needs of their clients rather than asking their clients to accommodate to a fixed structure. Now the automobile industry is enabling customers to order on demand rather than requiring them to accept whatever is available in the dealer’s lot. In the business world, however, there is competition that requires companies to adapt – education has not had this catalyst.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">What is my vision and strategy for educational change?</strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">I believe that we in education must make the investment to do the same for our clients, i.e., each student. What investment is needed?</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">There are three modes of instruction: 1) self-paced or CAI, 2) project or problem-solving and 3) discussion. Self-paced or CAI requires that each student have access to a computer and modem and access to the curriculum on a server on a 24/7 basis. Projects and problems should be relevant to students so they can relate to the given subject area.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">For English and Math, we should implement CAI in the 1st grade (and continue thereafter). The reason English and Math are chosen is that these are the two cultural imperative languages. If you know these two languages and are motivated as a self-learner, you can teach yourself almost anything you want to learn. And, one of the goals of education is to create self-learners.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">For all other subjects, the teacher can pose a project or problem that is relevant to the student. Once the problem is defined, the class can be broken down into groups of 4-5 students in order to research the solution to the problem. If complex, each of the groups may study an aspect of the problem. With these subjects, the student uses the computer as a research tool (after having learned to read). Students are taught to use search engines such as Google or Yahoo as well as the intranet made available by teachers gathering information relevant for the students.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">Students working in a group learn cooperation, shared responsibility and communication (face-to-face as well as e-mail). Having produced a written solution to the problem utilizing the computer (power point) as a tool, they can then present to the class for discussion. They can also use email or a written report to other students as well as the teacher.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">Arbitrary learning within fixed time periods would be eliminated, i.e., no 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. grades. Instead, students would be grouped chronologically with materials appropriate to their learning level and style using the CAI approach for English and Math, and the project/problem/discussion modes for other subjects. The projects given to the students match the level of English and Math competencies and are related to the students (their interests and their lives). For example, in 3rd grade, how would you study the amount of water that a plant needs to grow? I would utilize the students’ Math knowledge (learned through CAI) for science learning. Likewise, rather than studying history through memorization and chronology, it can be studied through problems based on the immediate environment for younger children and more abstract concepts in later grades.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Fischler uses the phrase, "The Student Is the Class" to capture our attention. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What procedures are in place to make things easier for us as teachers?</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpVTTfuhmcJile_mElpEWZZjIZDsJ9LTq4EOpxHWBbBsEWWUfZ3YX1gNOiGvQNe7n8qKEFcLuJh-xXkT1tpwTxeTEU5Ijqse3Gd8o1hSEpAektzLWBKq1HylUpylg0FQcaOXWLhZUe3U_/s1600/Screen+shot+2013-08-09+at+4.49.09+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpVTTfuhmcJile_mElpEWZZjIZDsJ9LTq4EOpxHWBbBsEWWUfZ3YX1gNOiGvQNe7n8qKEFcLuJh-xXkT1tpwTxeTEU5Ijqse3Gd8o1hSEpAektzLWBKq1HylUpylg0FQcaOXWLhZUe3U_/s320/Screen+shot+2013-08-09+at+4.49.09+AM.png" width="264" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Can we make time flexible for the student?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Can we make the working environment in the class similar to working in an office?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are posters to assist in this "variable time" environment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Part of the challenge is to build in the students the awareness of this opportunity for them to take the initiative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can read Dr. Fischler's commentaries at Transform-Education.com and you can <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54liOXlvdmw4anlhVVk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">download his free ebook</a></b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54liOXlvdmw4anlhVVk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fischler's posters <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54liV0oxWEFUX0F6b3c/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">List of Quotations</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54liUUpuUHE0OTUtODg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Propellor to the moon</a> (poster)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54libDRVbGIyOFNXQTQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Time is a variable</a> (posters)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54liVXdSS2xwT04wTGs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Summary of Fischler's 7 points</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54liZjAwQ3lCWUlQV0E/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Mottos plus "Rosenshine 17 points" sheet</a> </span><br />
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BONUS: <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOBI_rp54liOWpkc2RzVk1LOWM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">A poster adapted form an editorial in the Economist</a>, recommended by Gordon Dryden, the entrepreneur-turned-education advocate<br />
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The main point of the following email exchange is highlighted in RED below (about Richard Clark's posters)<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">1) Record when you can. Give me the videos and I'll keep a collection</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">2) Put posters on your classroom walls (reproduced below)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">3) Think about your mindset as a teacher. Do you want to be included in the "visitor's tour"? Is it okay for visitors to drop in unannounced to observe your classroom? If so, please tell me so I can let my mentors (Dr. Fischler, Matt Blazek, Dennis Yuzeans, Mario Llorente) know.</span></b><br />
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I'm particularly interested in encouraging the principal of my school (wherever I work) to make time for visiting other schools and to make it possible for others to visit our school.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I will be willing to do that to whatever extent I can. Building two new schools to open next year. I will be very busy this year. I'll certainly try.</span></b></div>
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a) the school is encouraged to give time to teachers to go out into the community and visit other schools to learn from other schools (and take time to proselytize about the </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Might difficult to do this in a regular basis due to student oversight and teacher coverage. But we can certainly do some visiting. Good idea.</span></b></div>
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b) the school encourages visits by outsiders ("please, come visit our school. Drop in without notice and see what we do every day" -- there is an ethic of "catch us doing what we do best")</div>
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c) the school posts examples of their key concepts. For example, Stonefields has interviews with students. I disagree that the student's faces are put on the open internet, but i like the idea of having the students explain their key concepts.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We can do this. I'll teach you how to get around our website. I like a neat concise feel to web pages. Clarity is important.</span></b></div>
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1. ask you to consider the benefits of posting your themes on Youtube. Lee Iacocca in the 1980s was the face of Chrysler. The corporation became part of America when Iacocca went on TV. "America, you lent us $2 billion and we have paid it back." Your face does not have to be on the youtube, but your voice, your themes can be captured.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">This is something I certainly want to do. But I want to keep a uniform look and feel to the website. We'll discuss more.</span></b></div>
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2. spread the message via audio CD and youtube. I've heard that you are spreading the schools, making more schools. Having your voice on an audio cd is one way to spread the message. The schools are like soap... they can be sold and we have to fight for the attention of the consumer. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Agreed. Yes, there are more MACs in the works. I like the idea. Again, I'd probably be a bit of a perfectionist regarding the organization and presentation of the content. But I agree with your point regarding voice audio, etc. I'll need to set myself up (and other teachers as well) to be able to record on the fly professionally, clearly, sequentially and quickly. One of our new teachers this year will work as a language arts teacher and simultaneously develop a film program as an arts area for next year. She can probably help with that stuff. Also, my assistant orchestra director has a recording studio as well. I have recording experience as well but need to get some updated equipment.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Very good idea. I like this a lot. Over time, I will have an inventory of audio recordings; a library or repertoire of my work.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We just purchased "Naviance". An excellent college counseling program that the finest schools use for college preparation and data mining. We can purchase and include an alumni tracking feature that does this. See our counselor, Luis Deschapelles; he is familiar with the program. I can include you in the training that comes along with the purchase package. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Let's review the calendar on Friday. I'll be happy to schedule something. One concern I have regarding true believers of the time-variable model (or even Fontan) is that they don't realize it is impossible for us to do away with state testing requirements. Erika is terrific but does not understand enough about what the current system is in Florida. My goal is to implement a sort of hybrid program that allows the time-variable model and still allows me into comply with stage law. </span></b></div>
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In accepting the position of math teacher (and TD) at Miami Arts, I have reduced the time I invest in Dr. Fischler's work. I consider the work here at MAC as an extension of the work of Dr. Fischler. The classroom work is "Fischler in application." I'd like to have your permission to video my presentations in class so that teachers who don't do projects can see how to embed "TIME IS A VARIABLE" into their procedures</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Absolutely. We should discuss further in person on a regular basis. I like and agree with most of what you send me and all of what I have learned. Presentation is an area I think I might to assist you with to make sure the time-variable is properly understood and well received; above all: effective and evident through results including buy not limited to standardized testing scores. </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- what posters are on the wall</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- how are procedures changed by the "flexible time" mantra</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- how is the student's work captured and reviewed</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">-- how does the teacher make time to give the instant feedback that Richard Clark advocates </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>This would be very helpful to share with teachers. </b></span></div>
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