Comments on: Masking your busyness http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/ As an educational technologist, I am exploring ways to make learning more relevant, engaging and authentic. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Teaching on The Finance World For News and Information Around The World On Finance » Comment on Masking your busyness by Connie Cossar http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28639 Teaching on The Finance World For News and Information Around The World On Finance » Comment on Masking your busyness by Connie Cossar Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:10:47 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28639 [...] Comment on Masking your busyness by Connie Cossar I am no longer in the teaching profession, but whether I talk to my old colleagues or my colleagues in my current profession, everyone is SO… [...] [...] Comment on Masking your busyness by Connie Cossar I am no longer in the teaching profession, but whether I talk to my old colleagues or my colleagues in my current profession, everyone is SO… [...]

]]> By: Connie Cossar http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28625 Connie Cossar Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:57:13 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28625 I think this is such a reflection of our society in general. I am no longer in the teaching profession, but whether I talk to my old colleagues or my colleagues in my current profession, everyone is SO busy and tells me how it isn't going to get any better because of one issue or another. I like the idea of making sure that people see you as available (I work in HR) even though you are really busy. It is one of the qualities that I greatly admire in my current manager - his door is always open. I think this is such a reflection of our society in general. I am no longer in the teaching profession, but whether I talk to my old colleagues or my colleagues in my current profession, everyone is SO busy and tells me how it isn’t going to get any better because of one issue or another. I like the idea of making sure that people see you as available (I work in HR) even though you are really busy. It is one of the qualities that I greatly admire in my current manager - his door is always open.

]]> By: Cathy Nelson http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28624 Cathy Nelson Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:33:43 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28624 Sage on the stage vs guide on the side STARK contrast of 20th century learning vs 21st century learning Sage on the stage vs guide on the side
STARK contrast of 20th century learning vs 21st century learning

]]> By: Lisa Parisi http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28623 Lisa Parisi Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:21:11 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28623 Interesting idea, Dean. Never really thought about it. But the teachers I know who worry about losing time do tend to lecture more than I do. In fact, come to think of it, that is their main method of teaching...even in elementary school. "No time," they say, "for all the fun projects." They lose sight of the fact that learning takes place through those "fun" projects. Interesting idea, Dean. Never really thought about it. But the teachers I know who worry about losing time do tend to lecture more than I do. In fact, come to think of it, that is their main method of teaching…even in elementary school. “No time,” they say, “for all the fun projects.” They lose sight of the fact that learning takes place through those “fun” projects.

]]> By: Dean Shareski http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28622 Dean Shareski Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:14:21 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28622 Lisa, Very encouraging. I'm wondering if there's a correlation between this concept and teachers who are living the "guide on the side" model. (not a big fan of that term but it's a quick marker to describe this) Lisa,

Very encouraging. I’m wondering if there’s a correlation between this concept and teachers who are living the “guide on the side” model. (not a big fan of that term but it’s a quick marker to describe this)

]]> By: Lisa Parisi http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28621 Lisa Parisi Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:04:34 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28621 Outside the classroom, away from the kids, busyness takes over. I am too busy to answer emails, remember lunch dates, contact a sick friend. But in front of the children, time is different. Writing and rewriting is more important than finishing in one quick period. Finding another method to solve a math problem takes precedence to doing one more page. Spending three weeks on a social studies simulation far outways the need to forge ahead in the curriculum. After so many years in the classroom, I have finally come to realize that more is not more. Less really is more. I can no longer spend my time going a mile wide and an inch deep. My students deserve a chance to learn. So I give them the time. Outside the classroom, away from the kids, busyness takes over. I am too busy to answer emails, remember lunch dates, contact a sick friend.

But in front of the children, time is different. Writing and rewriting is more important than finishing in one quick period. Finding another method to solve a math problem takes precedence to doing one more page. Spending three weeks on a social studies simulation far outways the need to forge ahead in the curriculum.

After so many years in the classroom, I have finally come to realize that more is not more. Less really is more. I can no longer spend my time going a mile wide and an inch deep. My students deserve a chance to learn. So I give them the time.

]]> By: David Jakes http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28620 David Jakes Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:58:08 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/02/14/masking-your-busyness/#comment-28620 Dean masking his busyness here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/872788081/ Dean masking his busyness here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/872788081/

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