"Teaching" is not my goal
I prefer not to teach. Actually, I feel I am at my best when I am not teaching. Being a teacher is much more about facilitating learning than teaching. To do that I must be willing to be a learner.
I prefer not to teach. Actually, I feel I am at my best when I am not teaching. Being a teacher is much more about facilitating learning than teaching. To do that I must be willing to be a learner.
In my last post I wrote about why I stated a classroom Facebook page as well as my first weeks results. (http://mattgomez.posterous.com/classroom-facebook-page-my-reasoning)
I felt like it was time for an update.....
This week I went "live" with my Kindergarten classroom Facebook page. I have been toying with the idea of the page for several months. The main reason is Facebook has 500 million+ users.
A recent Dallas Morning New article stated that the state of Texas is looking to change class size limits in grades K-4.
Great idea I never thought of until Tony Baldasaro (@baldy7) posted the start of his top 10 here - http://www.transleadership.net/?page_id=715 Taking his great idea and doing the same....
If you happened to read my last post you will know Twitter has reignited my passion for teaching. With the help of my PLN I am rethinking most lessons, challenging the norm and starting to bring great new ideas to the class. This change has been significant for me but has created a problem I did not consider.
Continue reading this post on my current website HERE
I am the crazy teacher at my school trying to get everyone interested in twitter. My interest began when I started discussing with a good friend @MikeyAmes about engaging parents as a school with twitter. Mike is a fantastic resource for everything related to social media (and a very funny person overall). So I dove in head first with my new twitter idea...
Last week I participated in my first #cpchat. Many great topics were discussed about connecting or engaging parents, but one thought has been on my mind all week.
I was asked today by a friend if parents ever cry in my conferences. The answer of course is YES...and quite often.