Comments on: How to Empower Your Students http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-empower-your-students/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: BlapherMJhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-empower-your-students/#comment-2494 BlapherMJ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:00:27 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=534#comment-2494 Fantastic post. Thank you. This is right on time as a new school year begins! Fantastic post. Thank you. This is right on time as a new school year begins!

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]]> By: Kimhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-empower-your-students/#comment-2472 Kim Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:12:17 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=534#comment-2472 Wonderful post! I always seem to struggle with letting my charges take responsibility for the learning that does or doesn't occur. This is a great idea. Wonderful post! I always seem to struggle with letting my charges take responsibility for the learning that does or doesn’t occur. This is a great idea.

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]]> By: kellycurtishttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-empower-your-students/#comment-2452 kellycurtis Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:33:06 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=534#comment-2452 Thanks Mystery Teacher! And Beth - you bring up such a great point. We need support in order for anything to be successful the way we want it to be. That's no different with youth empowerment. Thanks Mystery Teacher! And Beth – you bring up such a great point. We need support in order for anything to be successful the way we want it to be. That’s no different with youth empowerment.

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]]> By: Beth/Mom2TwoVikingshttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-empower-your-students/#comment-2451 Beth/Mom2TwoVikings Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:28:44 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=534#comment-2451 Activities like the ones you describe were a goal and something I looked forward to doing when I was teaching full-time in a middle school setting. I had been selected to run a grant-funded, redesigned classroom full of technology that turned everyday instruction into problem-solving, team-building, PowerPoint-displaying evaluations. Unfortunately, the district didn't support it (or me) long-term. As a third-year rookie, it slowly turned into a mess. The stress and strain of being a rookie, being "different" with that classroom, and still having to teach the required curriculum just became too much. However,if I ever went back to teaching full-time, these types of projects would be *exactly* what I would want to do! Activities like the ones you describe were a goal and something I looked forward to doing when I was teaching full-time in a middle school setting.

I had been selected to run a grant-funded, redesigned classroom full of technology that turned everyday instruction into problem-solving, team-building, PowerPoint-displaying evaluations. Unfortunately, the district didn’t support it (or me) long-term. As a third-year rookie, it slowly turned into a mess. The stress and strain of being a rookie, being “different” with that classroom, and still having to teach the required curriculum just became too much.

However,if I ever went back to teaching full-time, these types of projects would be *exactly* what I would want to do!

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]]> By: Mystery Teacherhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-empower-your-students/#comment-2449 Mystery Teacher Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:48:50 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=534#comment-2449 Thank you. I agree. Fantastic article. Thank you. I agree. Fantastic article.

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