Additional Assignment #5

Tom Johnson's Adventures in Pencil Integration


I really enjoyed reading all of Mr. Spencers posts. The first post I read was Just Teach Them to Solve for X. I really enjoyed this post. I loved the metaphor technique used in this post. The post was about the problems he was facing from using metaphors to teach. I can definately see where students can learn from this and it makes me want to one day use this in my classroom. I then read The Medium Shapes the Learning. This post was about keeping the students engaged. I think this is very important because if your students are interested and engaged in the learning process, the more they will take away from them and truly learn instead of just going through the motions. This should be a main focus for teachers. The post Sketch Portraits was very interesting as well. It was about describing the pencil as many different things. It is important to recognize that students will change from day to day or year to year and it is the teachers job to adjust to these changes. We have to still make sure the students learn regarless of change. The last post I read was He Just Likes the Class For the Pencils. Teachers need to have a healthy relationship with their students. We want our students to look up to you and trust you as a role model. It is important to let students know you care about them and want to help them. If they see that you care, they will care in return. In order to get respect we have to give it.