tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931237755454946077.post3161706341250591778..comments2012-04-20T11:10:40.201-07:00Comments on Educational Mettle: Silver LiningJ.D.O.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09401020061044986982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931237755454946077.post-1535821110128657832012-02-23T09:57:10.210-08:002012-02-23T09:57:10.210-08:00I can agree with you. Through much of my childhoo...I can agree with you. Through much of my childhood, I was a slow reader and couldn't tolerate much outside of school. I retained a lot from lesson lectures and activities but hardly ever did homework or readings, because I was to busy climbing trees or fishing in the pond or gathering crawdads. Dr. Seuss's The Lorax was my first favorite book and I found it in our school library. It was the first time I saw that my interests could be in a story, in a book. And the older I became, all the more brilliant The Lorax became, and I still read it every once in awhile (and fear the movie is gonna ruin it!).Ryan.Nyczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058758301186413409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931237755454946077.post-30771232037067230992012-02-20T10:55:38.987-08:002012-02-20T10:55:38.987-08:00Jake,
First off...sorry about the electrocution. ...Jake,<br /><br />First off...sorry about the electrocution. That sounds terrible! I could relate to your post because in August our basement flooded and I found, but unfortunatley had to throw out, many memories, too.<br /><br />I think you should really consider what you like about Tom Foolery and think about a way you can incorporate that into a final project in this class. Remember, the final project has to use some sort of a digital too, but it is up to you to determine how. Even if you wanted to use something like Power Point (which some say is archaic, though it has usefulness) you can have students crafting poems using imagery. You can say that this is a starting point for a lesson that will later dive more deeply into poetry.<br /><br />I think something I want us all to consider is that play can be used as a form of engagement as well as an entry into something of deeper meaning, like classics.T.O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09863308702990788565noreply@blogger.com