Comments on: Back to school http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:45:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1116 Sameer Vasta Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:40:14 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1116 Thanks for the insight Ave. Again, I'm not a teacher, so I'm not quite sure how the system works and all I can do is throw crazy ideas out there. =) Thanks for chiming in with some real experience! Thanks for the insight Ave. Again, I’m not a teacher, so I’m not quite sure how the system works and all I can do is throw crazy ideas out there. =) Thanks for chiming in with some real experience!

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1115 Sameer Vasta Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:39:04 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1115 Thanks Mary-Margaret! Looking forward to being in touch soon. Thanks Mary-Margaret! Looking forward to being in touch soon.

]]> By: MMP http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1113 MMP Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:55:49 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1113 Sameer, I think you've got the right idea. It would engage students and bring them face to face to collaborate and share. Great job on the workshop! Sameer, I think you’ve got the right idea. It would engage students and bring them face to face to collaborate and share. Great job on the workshop!

]]> By: Aveline http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1108 Aveline Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:41:30 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1108 I have no idea about teaching in High School, but in Elementary good luck deviating from the curriculum...You have 8 different documents to get through by the end of June.....But you have 10,000 different ways of teaching it. Many teachers are trying to incorporate tech into their classrooms, I'm trying to get a projector to attach to my laptop, but funds, as we all know, are lacking. ANYWAY, it's a cool idea, and I think anything is possible in a classroom with clever organizing. I hate when people get all cynical about education. If you're into the subjects you're teaching, and you think of a way to reach out to the students, then it will work. The Toronto District School Board has a new homework policy. You should check it out...somewhat dry, but if you're interested, http://www.tdsb.on.ca/homework Yay school! xox Ave I have no idea about teaching in High School, but in Elementary good luck deviating from the curriculum…You have 8 different documents to get through by the end of June…..But you have 10,000 different ways of teaching it.

Many teachers are trying to incorporate tech into their classrooms, I’m trying to get a projector to attach to my laptop, but funds, as we all know, are lacking.

ANYWAY, it’s a cool idea, and I think anything is possible in a classroom with clever organizing. I hate when people get all cynical about education. If you’re into the subjects you’re teaching, and you think of a way to reach out to the students, then it will work.

The Toronto District School Board has a new homework policy. You should check it out…somewhat dry, but if you’re interested,

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/homework

Yay school!
xox
Ave

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1104 Sameer Vasta Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:06:38 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1104 Andrew, I guess that's one way of doing it. It would be great if you could get students to respond to your lectures through their own videos -- essentially creating a video library that can be used by other students to get an even more in-depth look at the subject. Karim, the best teachers are the ones that don't fit the mold. =) Oh, and I'm happy the Jays beat up on the Yankees -- as long as my Mets make the playoffs! Andrew, I guess that’s one way of doing it. It would be great if you could get students to respond to your lectures through their own videos — essentially creating a video library that can be used by other students to get an even more in-depth look at the subject.

Karim, the best teachers are the ones that don’t fit the mold. =)

Oh, and I’m happy the Jays beat up on the Yankees — as long as my Mets make the playoffs!

]]> By: karim kanji http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1103 karim kanji Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:26:44 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1103 Sounds great but don't teachers have to follow a curriculum and a teaching style that their dept head agrees to? by the way, vasta, my jays beat-up on the yankees! kk i love new york! Sounds great but don’t teachers have to follow a curriculum and a teaching style that their dept head agrees to?

by the way, vasta, my jays beat-up on the yankees!

kk

i love new york!

]]> By: Andrew Louis http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1102 Andrew Louis Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:26:58 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1102 Since this is high school, you can still baby people into doing work. Maybe a simple worksheet, worth a few marks, that you have to hand in before class that asks some basic questions about the material. ie. "What is person X's opinion on Y" or "why did X say Y to Z." The key should be making sure everyone is on the same page before a discussion begins. Even those who cheat/collaborate will be exposed to what the material is about. Since this is high school, you can still baby people into doing work. Maybe a simple worksheet, worth a few marks, that you have to hand in before class that asks some basic questions about the material.

ie. “What is person X’s opinion on Y” or “why did X say Y to Z.”

The key should be making sure everyone is on the same page before a discussion begins. Even those who cheat/collaborate will be exposed to what the material is about.

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1101 Sameer Vasta Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:23:44 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1101 OHMYGOD. So someone just told me that they discussed this exact same idea on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/spark/" rel="nofollow">CBC Spark</a> this week. (I don't listen to Spark, so I had no clue -- but I really should start listening!) I'm off to download this week's episode of Spark. For those of you that have heard it already, let me know if they share any insights. OHMYGOD. So someone just told me that they discussed this exact same idea on CBC Spark this week. (I don’t listen to Spark, so I had no clue — but I really should start listening!)

I’m off to download this week’s episode of Spark. For those of you that have heard it already, let me know if they share any insights.

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1100 Sameer Vasta Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:19:25 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1100 Maybe I am being a bit idealistic here. There must be a way to make it happen though...any ideas? Maybe I am being a bit idealistic here. There must be a way to make it happen though…any ideas?

]]> By: Andrew Louis http://itellstories.org/2008/09/02/new-model-for-homework/#comment-1099 Andrew Louis Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:27:45 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1000#comment-1099 The problem is that you can't really verify whether someone did their homework or not (what you can't measure, you can't manage...) The result will be a lower quality of discussion; it'll sink down to generalities and things not specific to the prep material. Also, clever students have a knack for asking questions that make it seem like they've prepped. If this seems cynical, I see this happen all the time in tutorials in university where students are supposed to be more interested in learning... So the idea is great but it needs some way of ensuring that people either do the prep or those who don't can't participate as loudly. The problem is that you can’t really verify whether someone did their homework or not (what you can’t measure, you can’t manage…) The result will be a lower quality of discussion; it’ll sink down to generalities and things not specific to the prep material. Also, clever students have a knack for asking questions that make it seem like they’ve prepped.

If this seems cynical, I see this happen all the time in tutorials in university where students are supposed to be more interested in learning…

So the idea is great but it needs some way of ensuring that people either do the prep or those who don’t can’t participate as loudly.

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