Making Connections with Students

Aaron Hogan wrote a thoughtful blog post, "Who's in the Gaps". In this post he challenges teachers to look at their class lists and be able to name one thing they know about each student outside of school - making a list of those that you do not know anything about.

As you identify these interests you can make a plan to engage with these students and make connections. These connections will help you plan lessons that will address those students needs.

Reducing Teacher Talk and Increasing Student Responsability

A Series On Talking Less - From Ian Byrd's Blog

I wrote a series about reducing teacher talk and increasing student responsibility:

1. Shocking Stats On What Students Can Hear - We simply can’t listen as fast as we speak.
2. Making Better Class Announcements - Many of our words are wasted not on teaching, but on announcements and directions.
3. Use Non-Examples - As teachers, we use tons of examples to illustrate concepts. But an example becomes even more powerful when paired with its opposite: the non-example.
4. Two Discussion Tics - When leading discussions, I accidentally developed two weird tics: re-stating and repeating louder.

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