Paul FordIf it behooves you, instead of thinking any more about Twitter—hit us with some PDFs, some incomprehensible sociology, a fact about your town, some poetry no one cares about, political theory that will never land, obscure social history, climate links, math things, some tech so obscure 20 people use it. We want your inner noise. Just push the gas on your own ephemeralism and launch us into the future.
yfkysf@ftrain I am worried that so many of the young people I interact with seem to flatline when they are at school. How do you just go in and sit still and not explore the tools you are presented with? My genX ADHD brain just doesn't get it
Drew@yfkysf @ftrain
Defecit theories about what's wrong with our kids are like looking through the wrong end of the telescope. The answers are in the systems we surround our young people with. We need to ask them about what works for them, what they need from us. Co-construct the learning environment based on that feedback. I always get surprising and insightful feedback from the classes I survey, some of it uncomfortable for me. The relationship with our students is the foundation of learning.
Defecit theories about what's wrong with our kids are like looking through the wrong end of the telescope. The answers are in the systems we surround our young people with. We need to ask them about what works for them, what they need from us. Co-construct the learning environment based on that feedback. I always get surprising and insightful feedback from the classes I survey, some of it uncomfortable for me. The relationship with our students is the foundation of learning.
Matt S@ftrain @yfkysf @drewran
My 21 year old son went to a progressive high school, but even there it was based on sitting in a chair listening to a lecture. The thing is, people who want to become teachers—even progressive teachers—are people who were “good at school.”
Not my son. But once he was outside with a tool or a task at hand he was wide awake. In a lecture, fast asleep.
He’s been a firefighter, and he has a great job climbing cellphone towers.
My 21 year old son went to a progressive high school, but even there it was based on sitting in a chair listening to a lecture. The thing is, people who want to become teachers—even progressive teachers—are people who were “good at school.”
Not my son. But once he was outside with a tool or a task at hand he was wide awake. In a lecture, fast asleep.
He’s been a firefighter, and he has a great job climbing cellphone towers.
Francis 🏴☠️ Gulotta
1337 $#!+ I did that