It's the start of a new year and your Globaloria courses are really starting to take off! As many of you have already discovered, blogs are a great forum to share your thoughts on the start of a new Globaloria year. Here are some highlights from the buzz in the blogosphere:
Melonie has been reflecting on the old fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare"
"Most of my life I have aspired to be the hare, but that has not always been to my benefit. I have come to realize the tortoise was right in most cases. As we start our Globaloria classes my students and I are finding slow and steady works best"
Ingrida writes,
"That's where Globaloria comes into play. This program does try to address the needs of these neurologically different kids by engaging them in the activities they feel are important to them, thus making their learning more meaningful.This program helps students use the skills they so artfully develop outside the classroom walls for academic purposes. Additionally, Globaloria lets teachers dismount their dead horses and try new strategies and approaches. "
And Jim makes some important points about the value of "process":
Thanks to all of you for writing such thoughtful posts! It's such a pleasure to read them. Keep up the great blogging!"For students and educators involved in Globaloria, it is important for us to remember the work in progress philosophy. Our journey will be filled with excitement. We will have frustrating struggles and taste tid-bits of success, we will make friends, and sometimes find ourselves in fierce competition. We will share "ah-ha" moments after being baffled over a seemingly unsolvable problem....As we take this journey, all of us should be encouraged to cherish these moments. Celebrate the small victories. Share them with others in our school and extended communities through posts on the wikis. Reflect on them and savor them by posting on our blogs and commenting on our peers' and colleagues' blogs. Enjoy this adventure we will share together....In the end it will be over all to quickly."
Your GB,
Rachel
p.s.
Be sure to use your "comments thread" as a forum for dialogue. Respond to those who leave comments and see if you can get a discussion going!
1 comment:
Rachel,
Thanks for helping to promote our blogs throughout the community! Melonie & Ingrida's posts are very insiteful (mine was maybe a little verbose, but whatever...) I love Melonies imagery with the Tortoise & the Hare and Ingrida also painted a great picture with her dead horse comment...Keep up the great work on your end - I think you've really motivated alot of us!
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