“Big” might be overstating things. “Urgent” certainly would be. But I see two paths ahead with very little ground shared between them:
Do I have that right? Is that how this thing splits? Anyone who’s confronted these options, how did you settle them?
Do I start posting my show and tell links?
I show two videos a week to suck kids back into their seats after break and get them geared up for whatever.
Today I showed the preview for Heima, a concert documentary of Icelandic band Sigur Ros, featuring stunning footage of (surprise) Iceland, set to stunning music by (surprise surprise) Sigur Ros.
Freshmen were like, wtf, mate?
After I told them the freshmen hated it, my sophomores were like, ah, yes, I think I like this.
No hard feelings if this sort of linkage ain’t worth your while. I only want to put my practice online to the extent that it helps out yon weary ‘net-dwelling teacher. No time for this long-tail nonsense.
Ten comments in the affirmative makes this happen.
TMAO puts his blackbelt in conversational judo to good use, rebutting a bilious sixteen-page screed with naught but two paragraphs and one raised glass. ¶ Mamacita sez that teachers are leaving the game ’cause the lame kids are getting coddled. TMAO raises a beer to their early retirement and sez that dealing with lame kids is part and parcel of the game. ¶ Anyone wondering after my stance on this point or my opinion of TMAO probably joined up with us after this. ¶ Also, as TMAO’s unofficial archivist, I should note that this post of his is not irrelevant.
Longtime commenter Jackie’s rockin’ her own blog. We here at dy/dan International Headquarters wish her all the best.
Can’t tell y’all how much I dig a teacher who doesn’t shy from cursing. This here edubloc is populated far and wide by jargon-spewin’ automatons, a dozen of which I’d buy for a dime ‘cept I don’t know if I could tell one from another. There are subtler ways to relate to real human beings than through profanity, sure, but I prefer it to the antiseptic alternative. ¶ Along those lines, Taylor’s got nine writing tips she picked up from Slim Shady.