Comments on: Today! http://technicolor.edublogs.org/2008/07/14/today/ Bridging the disparate gap in today's everchanging technology for the underprivileged... Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:31:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: technicolor http://technicolor.edublogs.org/2008/07/14/today/comment-page-1/#comment-35 technicolor Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:58:11 +0000 http://technicolor.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-35 @Paul Bogush, I loved that definition of Critical Pedagogy, and you are so right! I like the way you put it... "Never start off with I am going to teach about Harriet Tubman. Start off with I am going to teach about courage. Never start off with I am going to teach them how to write a letter to the President. Start off with I will empower them to make change. " That statement in itself is a mouthful, and inspiring. I would love to quote you when I speak to some of my teachers this year. Thank you so much for that! @Paul Bogush, I loved that definition of Critical Pedagogy, and you are so right! I like the way you put it…

“Never start off with I am going to teach about Harriet Tubman. Start off with I am going to teach about courage. Never start off with I am going to teach them how to write a letter to the President. Start off with I will empower them to make change. ”

That statement in itself is a mouthful, and inspiring. I would love to quote you when I speak to some of my teachers this year. Thank you so much for that!

]]> By: Paul Bogush http://technicolor.edublogs.org/2008/07/14/today/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Paul Bogush Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:14:28 +0000 http://technicolor.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-33 This post sent me on a sprawling web exploration and has kept me up way past bedtime. I did find this that you might find interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pedagogy This post sent me on a sprawling web exploration and has kept me up way past bedtime. I did find this that you might find interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pedagogy

]]> By: Paul Bogush http://technicolor.edublogs.org/2008/07/14/today/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Paul Bogush Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:48:59 +0000 http://technicolor.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-32 "What are we as educators doing to ensure that the students that sit before us during the school day are going to ready for what they are to face when we are no longer there for them." Make sure that you teach a hidden curriculum. Take a look at the school curriculum for your class and create a curriculum that stands up behind it. Never start off with I am going to teach about Harriet Tubman. Start off with I am going to teach about courage. Never start off with I am going to teach them how to write a letter to the President. Start off with I will empower them to make change. Most importantly, stop calling your class by its name-Soc Stud, Math, Sci, Eng, whatever-call it life. I teach life. I use the social studies to do it. Kids will remember life skills, they won't remember social studies skills. I don't know if this video fits...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPHp0lbRFpA “What are we as educators doing to ensure that the students that sit before us during the school day are going to ready for what they are to face when we are no longer there for them.”

Make sure that you teach a hidden curriculum. Take a look at the school curriculum for your class and create a curriculum that stands up behind it. Never start off with I am going to teach about Harriet Tubman. Start off with I am going to teach about courage. Never start off with I am going to teach them how to write a letter to the President. Start off with I will empower them to make change. Most importantly, stop calling your class by its name-Soc Stud, Math, Sci, Eng, whatever-call it life. I teach life. I use the social studies to do it. Kids will remember life skills, they won’t remember social studies skills.
I don’t know if this video fits…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPHp0lbRFpA

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