todays friday funny is all abouut gramma; I have posted a number of funny fotos below for you’re enjoyment,
Butt before you loook at them I haave a litle competition four you The thirst person to tell mee in the comment section below how many gramer and spelling mistakes their are in these to paragraphs will win a free copee of the teachers guide to google search check the link out to see what you can win just make shore you put your’re email address in the comment so i can kontact you
now for the funny fotos…(there will be another lot next friday)
There is no doubt that every teacher and student uses Google Search to find information on the internet. Yet a relatively small number of teachers and students know that you can use Google to do so much more by setting up a free Google account. Even those who are using Gmail as their email provider don’t realise that there are a number of Google tools available to teachers and students that will make a massive difference to their learning experience.
With a Google account you get so much more than a search engine!
There are a unique set of circumstances that have positioned me to be able to observe a large number of school environments through a very different mindset than most consultants.
I always approach a school as:
A teacher who is in the classroom from day to day
A consultant who has an expert opinion and understanding of particular aspects of teaching
A leader involved in several organisations overseeing the direction of that organisation, the systems and day to day operations, as well as directly leading hundreds of volunteers each week.
This teacher / consultant / leader mix has positioned me to look at schools holistically. It is out of that position that I have observed a consistent pattern emerge across all types of schools. Below is a summary of the 5 most common areas schools are wasting money (in no particular order) and what you can do to stop the waste.
It’s been a while since I’ve updated the blog. I have been a little busy creating my online training platform where schools can save loads of money on casual relief and teachers can learn how to better motivate, manage & engage their students from the comfort of their own house.
We kicked off the first session of training on Wednesday night, and I was wrapped with the response and feedback. If you would like more details you can go to www.studentmotivationseminar.com.
At the end of last week I decided that I needed to go back to a couple of articles I had written for an educational magazine and practice what I preach. Here are the articles I wrote on work / life balance. I also went back to using some of the ‘Get it done’ principles I wrote about in this post.
As of today, I’m making a commitment to regularly share ideas and resources that will help make the busy lives of teachers more manageable and enjoyable.
Hope you have a GREAT and BALANCED week next week!
Today’s Friday funny about the rapping teacher is a mixture of fun and inspiration.
I am not sure how I came across this video of Mark Grist but it certainly got my attention!
I have embedded 2 videos:
The first is a short video of mark rapping in the classroom.
The second is a video of mark at a rapping contest with a student. The best video I could find was 17 minutes long so I have edited it down to give you the best bits. I would encourage you to listen to the students view of education as he raps. There is a bit of swearing in the video (should teachers be allowed to swear??? – a topic for another post maybe…) I showed it to one teacher and their response was “He gets to say to this student something I wish I could say to my students most days!”
To give you some context.
The rap challenge is meant to be a slanging match. It has the appearance of being quite hostile but it is part of the ‘show’.
What I love about the video:
I love that this teacher who looks like he couldn’t rap to save his life is willing to take these guys on their own turf and their own terms and use his skills to make an impression where most teachers would just give up.
I love the rapport that is built between the rapping teacher and this community of young people
I love the fact that a teacher is able to engage with students in this way. It is a shame that he has quit English teaching to pursue rapping, but who knows maybe he will be able to influence more people in this way.
Enjoy
I think that if I had a rapping teacher in English I might have listened a bit more! What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below.
