by Brant Choate on March 30, 2010
It all started with video games. Do you think games like Pacman and Frogger are really THAT fun? If there were no scores, nobody would have ever kept playing them. As much as I liked navigating a strange, yellow, half-circle safely around a maze while being chased by glowing hairballs, I wouldn’t have ever played more than two or three times without a score attached. This principle even applies to more modern games such as World of Warcraft. Without the ability to keep score, the game would have died out a long time ago.
by Brant Choate on March 29, 2010
There’s something strange that goes on in a classroom with most teachers. Because of curriculum requirements and institutional restrictions, teaching becomes stale. Teachers repeat the same pattern over and over. Anything that takes the class away from the curriculum or the pattern almost seems taboo. When changes need to be made, they are rarely made until the next year or sometimes even further down the road.
I want to give a few suggestions. Not all of them are feasible in every situation. However, keep in mind that the purpose of getting feedback is two-fold: finding ways to improve and showing that you care.
by Brant Choate on March 26, 2010
Nobody reads your mass emails? Read this post. And then read this one. I wish that everyone would read this. We’d all be happier people.
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