Posted on June 25th, 2009 by mssigman
Today I am thinking about how I feel in long meetings that don’t really relate to what I want to know. I’m thinking about that “glazed-over” look that comes to my eyes and brain. I see this reflected often in my students. They get that same “glazed-over” look. They are not interested in long presentations. [...]
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Filed under: Middle School Science, Science, Technology Literacy, Web 2.0, pdmeme09
Posted on March 29th, 2009 by mssigman
Last year in my classroom I spent entirely too much time debating discipline decisions with students. They were constatntly saying “but” and I felt that I always had to answer them. I lost hours of teaching time to answering “why” and “but” questions. I felt and still feel that trust is essential in a classroom. [...]
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Filed under: Middle School Science, Safety, Science
Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by mssigman
While applying for a summer internship position I had to answer the 6 essay questions about my teaching. It gave me a chance to reflect on my teaching life and philosophy. I am posting the questions and my answers here. Please feel free to comment as I have not yet turned in my application.
Teaching Experience: [...]
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Filed under: Middle School Science, Relevance, SMART, Science, Technology Literacy
Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by mssigman
I usually read books, but I found a book in audio format and was intrigued by the name, “Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire”. It’s by Rafe Esquith, a 5th grade teacher who teaches students of roughly the same background as my own students. In listening to this book I feel uniquely guilty about the [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2007 by mssigman
I was reading the blog Cosmic Variance and came across this post called Absorbed in which the author apologizes for not posting recently due to her utter absorption in her current work. Below I am including a quote from the blog which I found illuminating:
This IS what science is like! When you get so caught [...]
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