What makes great teaching?
I think what makes great teaching is the role of a teacher. A teacher takes on a lot of responsibility in the life of a student because they are not just an educator, but are a guide for their students. In my top five list this week a lot of my strategies were praised because of the connections it made between the content and the student.
The blackout poem strategy requires you to select keywords and phrases you think are significant from what you are reading and then blackout the remainder of the text. This leaves you with a powerful poem and an amazing visual for what you thought was most important as a takeaway. The 3-minute pause strategy requires you to reflect and journal out your thoughts and emotions towards the reading. I loved this because it leaves you with a full understanding of what you read and how it now sits with you as the learner absorbing it. The worditout strategy requires you to type in the important ideas, words, and phrases that stood out to you in the reading. This allows you to visually see what you loved most or what resonated with you most from what you read. I am a visual learner, so this is key for me in connecting dots. The 321 research report strategy requires you to identify things you found out, interesting things you learned, and a question you might still have after reading. This helps to make connections based on the reading and gain insight into yourself as well. The self-assessment strategy requires you to go back at your work and identify what you are and are not meeting requirements or even bare minimums in. This helps to refresh memory on instructions and become aware of how thorough you are in your work. This is great for refueling motivation.
All of these strategies are amazing for students to be able to use as resources for connecting dots in class and learning more about themselves too. Great teaching requires the intentionality and prioritizing of students.
Hi Avery! I loved hearing your thoughts this week! I think it is so neat how we had three out of the five strategies we chose in common. The blackout poem, the three minute pause and the tree two one approaches were all significant strategies for me and my learning. The blackout poem also gave us the opportunity to make a reading into our own, which is something very powerful. The three minute pause was something so simple, yet so effective. It was very surprising to me that this has not been something incorporated into schools or other classes. Getting to sit back, absorb, reflect and then process what you just read or learned helps an individual learn. The most underrated strategy, in my opinion, that we both chose was the three two one strategy. This had us go back and pick out a multitude of important information that provided a tremendous amount of insight. I like how you mentioned at the end that great teaching requires intentionality and prioritization; those are both two of the most powerful things that build relationships. Great post, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Taylor, thank you for your response! Thank you for noting on the fact that getting to sit back, absorb, reflect and then process what you just read or learned helps an individual learn. I really agree with that and think it's super important for students.
DeleteHi Avery! I loved reading your blog post this week. I completely agree with you about what makes great teaching. The role of a teacher is so extremely important especially because we are the advocates for our students! I liked hearing your thoughts about the top five list, especially what you said about the three minute pause. I can confidently say it did leave me with a full understanding of the module. I also like what you said near the end of your blog about how the assignments can help students in the school system. Great post!
ReplyDeleteHi Elli, thanks for your feedback! I agree that one of our roles as a teacher is an advocate for our students! Love that!
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