How wonderful is collective wisdom, or the brains trust. What a wealth of knowledge is out there just waiting for us to tap into. I've been hearing over the last couple of days about some very innovative ways to tap into the knowledge that's out they using social media as as the conduit.
This could be a valuable thing to try with students, after all I think we do it to some extent anyway when we broadly ask a group of students to assist us with some knowledge. Engaging students in the persuit of attaining your own knowledge can be one good way of building relationships with the students you teach. It helps break down those tradional barriers that can sometimes be a problem in the classroom.
Making connections with students is fundemental to the success of any lesson. This is one of the underpinning bases of the productive pedagogies.
If you get to really know and make a connection with your students you can have a very rewarding professional experience. Building relationships does not necessarily mean you are suddenly their best friend, rather it means that they are building trust and respect. These are two of the corner stones that should be present in any relationship, none moreso than that of teacher and students.
This year I am going to make a deliberate effort to pay more attention to the way I use language in the formal educational setting.
Joan Dalton reminds us that words are not innocent, and the way we language our realities is very important.
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