tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post7392748894283912197..comments2024-03-04T06:49:58.529-05:00Comments on The Nerdy Teacher: Too Big To Fail?The Nerdy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967718792957188554noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-16779213936034929562013-03-16T09:33:44.146-04:002013-03-16T09:33:44.146-04:00Failure is a great tool! It allows you to rethink,...Failure is a great tool! It allows you to rethink, reflect, and reevaluate! Our students need to see us fail so that they will learn that the real world is full of failures, many more failures than successes for most people! If you never fail, it means you never tried. Unfortunately, as someone pointed out in the comments above, policymakers cannot expect perfect test scores from teachers who Cristi Julsrudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883370977911386614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-72700403395212004302012-06-26T11:05:29.351-04:002012-06-26T11:05:29.351-04:00AND, I agree with Jules and wyzreads. It's go...AND, I agree with Jules and wyzreads. It's good for students to see that failure is a part of learning and can be used positively.The Calm Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02637770549396689700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-43601446404140303192012-06-26T11:03:17.911-04:002012-06-26T11:03:17.911-04:00Great questions. As a new teacher, failing is all...Great questions. As a new teacher, failing is all I seem to do some days. But with each failure, I get thicker skin and a better grasp on what works. As long as my errors don't affect student learning negatively, I see them as a positive. Furthermore, they will only improve learning in the long run!The Calm Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02637770549396689700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-25432501435607386072012-06-17T07:44:09.245-04:002012-06-17T07:44:09.245-04:00Here's the thing, Pal: If school leaders -- a...Here's the thing, Pal: If school leaders -- and #edpolicy makers -- really want teachers to take professional risks while improving their practice, they'd darn well better change their current accountability practices!<br /><br />Can we really blame teachers for NOT experimenting with their practice when screaming lunatics with cudgels are waiting to beat them down as soon as their test Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-68487448574179054542012-06-16T11:05:10.970-04:002012-06-16T11:05:10.970-04:00Thank you for your reflection. Simply put, you hav...Thank you for your reflection. Simply put, you have become a fantastic example for your students. Striving to be the best you can, while taking risks and reflecting, is EXACTLY what I wish education to become.<br /><br />Too often we are asked to only reflect when "scores" are returned to the school/teacher, and we are asked how we can become better at preparing our future students for Michael Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787419549381636805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-58537606615774526842012-06-15T09:24:26.902-04:002012-06-15T09:24:26.902-04:00Great post. This is a question I often ask myself,...Great post. This is a question I often ask myself, with a slight variation: "is it okay if I fail?" My answer is almost always yes. The big difference is that for my students, their answer is no. In their eyes, not only is it not okay for me to fail, but it's not okay for them to fail, either.<br /><br />I think it's really important that we model failure for our students. What Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-53421122510353023602012-06-14T14:49:42.449-04:002012-06-14T14:49:42.449-04:00No way. I love failing, because too often (standar...No way. I love failing, because too often (standardized tests) kids are told it's bad to fail. Yet Pinterest is littered with kitschy sayings about famous people who failed and it made them better. <br /><br />So which is it? Fail and be successful? Or never take a single risk and never fail and be forever mediocre? So when a lesson (or tech) fails, I take a moment to acknowledge it and ask Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718458175939405518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-72115113025080568862012-06-14T13:50:52.262-04:002012-06-14T13:50:52.262-04:00Definately not to big to fail. We have to model wh...Definately not to big to fail. We have to model what we want our kids to do. You learn from what you mess up, than what you get right the first time. The key is = learning from those failures. If you learn its not a failure but a teaching/learning moment.Technology Tool Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337747551691846200noreply@blogger.com