Comments on: dy/av : 008 : behind the scenes /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/ less helpful Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » dy/av : 010 : the season finale /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-198464 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:56:55 +0000 /?p=910#comment-198464 […] : 009 : don’t be prez dy/av : 008 : behind the scenes dy/av : 007 : the motiongraphics episode dy/av : 006 : carver’s classroom management dy/av : 005 : […]

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » We Need Fewer Heroes /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-198463 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:56:12 +0000 /?p=910#comment-198463 […] and Shortcuts, in which Chris Lehmann leaps off dy/av : 008 and wonders what teaching looks like as a sustainable career, particularly for us rookies. Few […]

]]> By: Interesting Finds, Vol. 1 | Sustainably Digital /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-149356 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:52:09 +0000 /?p=910#comment-149356 […] Lehmann, inspired by Dan Meyer’s 8th episode of his dy/av series, asks that if “Herculean” effort is needed for teachers to be truly […]

]]> By: Combatting Teacher Burnout | Clarify Me /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-148472 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:23:00 +0000 /?p=910#comment-148472 […] post was inspired by video number 8 in Dan Meyer’s summer video posts–which have been […]

]]> By: Sarah /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-145804 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:35:07 +0000 /?p=910#comment-145804 Combining this with We Need Fewer Heroes and getting all the more nervous about the coming school year. I’ve got general unit plans almost complete, but want to redo my lesson plans from last year. Three or four preps. And suspect I’ll be at school 10.5 hours a day before being able to come home to prep.

It comes back to the question of how to decide which corners to cut. In which arenas of life. Deciding between what’s affordable and what’s cheap.

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » dy/av : 009 : don’t be prez /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-145018 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:56:02 +0000 /?p=910#comment-145018 […] dy/av : 008 : behind the scenes dy/av : 007 : the motiongraphics episode dy/av : 006 : carver’s classroom management dy/av : 005 : how i work dy/av : 004 : thank you, teaching dy/av : 003 : on the office dy/av : 002 : the next-gen lecturer dy/av : 001 : earn the medium […]

]]> By: dan /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-142503 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:21:12 +0000 /?p=910#comment-142503 If I can reframe the term, I don’t think “diligence” and “not burning out” need exist on separate planets. Maybe we’re crossing language barriers but the antonym of “diligence” is “carelessness.” Maybe you know the corners you shouldn’t cut but, for reasons of time, cannot avoid cutting them. I have no disrespect for that. It’s the teachers who cut corners unwittingly who do a disservice to our profession.

]]> By: Per /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-142311 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:28:20 +0000 /?p=910#comment-142311 Cut corners or be diligent…

I think we teachers need to accept to cut corners to not burn out (especially you US teacher that have among the highest teaching load in the world) but we always need to remember that what we do is serious and analyse the impact from the shortcuts we make. We always make choices on how to spend out time, sit 20 more minutes with these two students and review what we did last week or spend 20 more minutes on next day lesson

When I work I decide on how much time I am prepared to spend (my contract says 45h/week, anything more then that is charity work, and I do my fair share of that, last year my average was about 60h/week.)
Then the professional decision, how am I going to spend this time to give my students as much learning as possible.
Those decisions include a lot of cutting corners, reusing old material, stealing ideas from other teachers (at my school or from the web). I use every trick I can to save time for the task I think matters more.

The last two years I have started to feel competent enough to really start to think about reuseability. I have chosen one course every semester that get extra planningtime so the material is good enough to be reused next time without very much work. I also spend more time after the class on reflection and adjustments for next time than I normally do. But to find the time to produce this high quality material I need to let myself cutting corners at other places.

The fact that I always need to prioritise my time mean that I am sceptic to new untested ideas because of the great risk of wasting time. (I don’t even have my own blogg…)

/Per

]]> By: dan /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-142213 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:41:03 +0000 /?p=910#comment-142213 @Jenny, the visual element just wasn’t there. I thought I had the visual hook when I first sketched it out (like a year ago) but then I’m there, simply talking to the camera for the last half of the episode. The dude talking about “earning the medium” in episode one was not proud of this one. (Incidentally, I wasn’t sure anyone bothered with the metadata on these things.)

@Doug, I have the California State standards hovering over me. I don’t have an interesting hook for all 24 (or however many) but I’m angling that direction. Some days, I’ll stare at (eg.) the quadratic formula and wonder how I’ll make it happen. Those days I try to connect as directly as I can with why I love it and then immediately access the lobe that stores all my miscellany, looking for just the right cross-reference.

@Scott, it’s all so somber and self-serious lately. Bugs me. It’s been tough having to steal after-hours time with this equipment.

]]> By: Scott Elias /2008/dyav-008-behind-the-scenes/#comment-142199 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:47:13 +0000 /?p=910#comment-142199 Not my kids, but nicely gift wrapped it’ll make a fine gift for all of my new teachers. ;)

You standing in dark for the last couple vids would scare the bejesus out of my 4 year old…

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