In our discussion today in class there was one 'teaching tip' that arose that really stuck out to me. It was:
Have one crazy thing in your lesson to drive it home for the students.
It got me thinking back on past experiences I've had in classes where the lesson ended and I had really no clue why I needed to learn that certain thing. I often decided I would never have to remember it ever again after the test it may be on, when in reality, I'm sure there was always a really neat way I could have applied it to myself.
One of my classmates shared a neat quote today. It included something to the extent that we as educators are teaching kids skills for careers that don't currently exist and technology that hasn't been created yet. One day they are going to need to know what we are dishing out, so I feel like we as teachers have the responsibility to teach it in a way that they understand, remember, appreciate, and apply it.
After doing a little research, I found this quote from salesgravy.com --
"Many in business believe "knowledge is power." Unfortunately, this is less than half the equation. Until knowledge is applied, then and only then does it become powerful."
To tie this all together, I've just realized how important it will be for me to make it of great importance in my classroom to help the kids apply what they are learning and see how they might use it in the future. There are so many ways this could be done and I look forward to the challenge of tackling it.
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