October 29, 2007
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So, I’ve started my pecha kucha PPT, and I am unsure how to go about it all. I’ll be honest; I’m lost. So, I just started putting quotes and blog entries on slides, hoping I’ll be able to organize it nicely later. And towards the end, I got to thinking – “What’s the point? So what?” as Kevin/Betsy would say. I think my point is that we don’t reflect & we need to do more of it JUST like our students do. And I think the sub-point may be to allow ourselves to be fallible. How many teachers are willing to fail? How many tidy up their conversations in the “lounge” so they look like they have it all together? Not only do I think my teaching blog is one of Kinsey’s answers, but I think the presentation can get at more than just recording one’s thoughts - it could bring up questions about being an “expert” in one’s field. If we feel we “know it all” & we get into a routine, does that help our students? I say, “No.” I have a feeling this may cause a mini-uproar at the conference. Perhaps?
I think I need to extend my research to any articles about those teachers who give the monologues, those who haven’t “stuck with the times.” The one quote on my wall from Kimberly Moritz (high school principal, Gowanda School District) would be a start; her blog had a lot of great reflection that I may be able to use. So far, I’m using Kinsey’s article that jump-started this whole dang sequence of thoughts & the article from The Positivity Blog about why it’s important to record one’s thoughts/write things down.
Perhaps, at the end, I need reflective assignments (the application behind the theory?) to add to the presentation. It’ll end up under 7 minutes anyhow… and I have a few reflective assignments and ideas for future ones – possibilities. Maybe I could even ask the audience to participate: what reflective assignments do they implement or have they implemented? Maybe I could ask them to share moments where they felt fallible? I don’t know.
Heck, maybe this blog (for the last X amount of weeks) could be the presenation alone. Funny. Presenting on reflection by showing off the reflection that was done for the presentation. Sounds BLASPHEMOUS.
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