Archive for June, 2008

Diigo

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Getting people (students) engaged and energized

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

1. Everyone needs to know and feel that he or she is needed

2. Everyone wants to be treated as an individual

3. Giving someone the freedom to take responsibility releases resources that would otherwise remain concealed

4. An individual without information cannot take responsibility. An individual who is given information cannot help but take responsibility

Jan Carlzon’s book Moments of Truth

Teaching how to learn

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”
-Peter Drucker

Teaching

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Mr. Turkentine: Of course you don’t know. You don’t know because only I know. If you knew and I didn’t know, then you’d be teaching me instead of me teaching you – and for a student to be teaching his teacher is presumptuous and rude. Do I make myself clear?