Ayers & NCPTS QuickWrite by Kelsey https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3 Made with big dreams en-us 2016-08-29 22:42:25 UTC 2025-12-11 13:31:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png TEACHER/TEACH kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439734 Poor connotations - boredom, dull, uncomfortable memories
BUT - can also be associated with positive memories/experiences and awe]]> 2016-08-29 22:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439734 A Teacher's Life: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439820 "A life in teaching is a stitched-together affair, a crazy quilt of odd pieces and scrounged materials, equal parts inventions and imposition." (pg. 13)]]> 2016-08-29 22:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439820 Grow and grow kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439898 make mistakes, learn and learn and learn
give teaching your all and then some more]]> 2016-08-29 22:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439898 CONFUSING YET DAZZLING kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439932 2016-08-29 22:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439932 The unexpected kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439953 And when you least expect it, something miraculous (or even just a small victory) occurs and you feel renewed and filled with purpose and pleasure with what you do]]> 2016-08-29 22:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120439953 All different, each a new discovery... kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440066 Each student is different and will bring something new to the classroom]]> 2016-08-29 22:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440066 Learning comes from where? kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440160 concrete experiences
authentic experiences 
contact with primary sources]]> 2016-08-29 22:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440160 Bring real world applications to your classroom to engage your students by applying their interests to school kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440248 2016-08-29 22:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440248 What we think teaching is: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440302 mainly instruction, partly performing, being in center and at focus]]> 2016-08-29 22:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440302 What teaching IS: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440346 wide range of actions/activituies
questioning, instructing, advising, counseling, organizing, guiding, showing, and much much more]]> 2016-08-29 22:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440346 "Teachers must be experts and generalists, psychologists and cops, rabbis and priests, judges and gurus, and, paradoxically, students of our students." (pg. 17) kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440405 2016-08-29 22:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440405 Unlimited: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440478 pain, joy, intelligence, uncertainty, ambiguity, conflict ]]> 2016-08-29 22:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440478 "The hopes and dreams of youth are in our hands; their goals and aspirations are shaped through their encounters with us." (pg. 17) kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440552 Engage and touch the future]]> 2016-08-29 22:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440552 The sad side... kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440628 Teachers are paid horribly and looked down upon socially
"Women's work"
Difficult/impossible conditions 
Excruciating 
Fear of burning out
Many obstacles

]]> 2016-08-29 22:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440628 Before an experienced teacher comes a NEW teacher kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440991 Teaching is not for the faint-hearted]]> 2016-08-29 23:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120440991 Myth 1: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120441114 Good classroom management is an essential first step toward becoming a good teacher - 
this myth represents narrow behaviorism/manipulation
working productively comes with time
Focus = youngsters, the environment, and curriculum]]> 2016-08-29 23:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120441114 Myth 2: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120522409 Teachers learn to teach in colleges of education
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learn to teach on the job
teaching cannot be learning or fixed easily/quickly
teaching = best learned through practice]]> 2016-08-30 11:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120522409 Myth 3: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120522994 Good teachers are always fun
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FALSE.
Be engaging, thoughtful, involved
Aim for authenticity, not fun]]> 2016-08-30 11:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120522994 Myth 4: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523175 Good teachers always know the materials
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No way for a teacher to know everything 
Teachers are constantly growing and expanding knowledge (as is the universe)]]> 2016-08-30 11:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523175 Myth 5: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523401 Good teachers begin with the curriculum they are given and find clever ways to enhance it
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"Is it practical?" vs "Is it passionate?"]]> 2016-08-30 12:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523401 Myth 6: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523715 Good teachers = good performers
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center for stage is for students]]> 2016-08-30 12:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523715 Myth 7: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523903 Good teachers treat all students alike
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needs shift and change
good teachers spend time/energy where it is needed to positively impact group as a whole]]> 2016-08-30 12:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120523903 Myth 8:  kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524207 Students today are different than ever before
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All students come to school with different experiences/backgrounds]]> 2016-08-30 12:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524207 Myth 9: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524420 Good teaching can be measured by how well students do on tests
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Learning is not linear!
Issues with standardized testing]]> 2016-08-30 12:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524420 Myth 10: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524666 A good teacher knows what's going on in the classroom

]]> 2016-08-30 12:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524666 Myth 11 kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524725 All children are above average]]> 2016-08-30 12:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524725 Myth 12: kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524815 Kids today are worse than ever before
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Kids today are still kids when it comes down to it]]> 2016-08-30 12:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524815 Teaching is a HUMAN activity kvdowns https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524929 2016-08-30 12:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kvdowns/5wun0nvnkba3/wish/120524929