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I agree with Angela as well as with some of the ot...

2010-07-02T09:32:28.212-04:00

I agree with Angela as well as with some of the other comments and tweets. I feel that the essential questions, the overarching framework of the work we will do together needs to be set, at least on a term by term basis. But the 'how we are going to get there' or 'how we are going to ensure that the questions are asked, analyzed, explored, understood, and acted upon' - ie the activities or daily lesson plans - all depend on the students and since students are ever-changing, so are those activities. Heck, I sometimes do emergency planning in mid-lesson because an activity isn't working - but the essential questions, the framework within which we are working, doesn't change just because the activity is.

Neat--like how you summarize the tweets. Provides ...

2009-03-26T08:04:00.000-04:00

Neat--like how you summarize the tweets. Provides some perspective about Twitter as a tool, you know? I find it easy to survey people on twitter, but engaging in real dialogue around anything gets stickier....which is why blogs and ning are really helpful.

My own response was a question--I really wanted to know more before I felt I could respond. Your post clarifies things a bit...I really think it helps to know what "prepare" means, and I think it may mean different things to different educators. In my mind, being prepared and having lesson plans written are very different things.....what do you think?

The division between preparing and planning is a t...

2009-03-25T18:56:00.000-04:00

The division between preparing and planning is a true one I think. Having overall goals then allowing the plans to move towards those with the students' work driving things ... allows students to know there is an overall goal (for them to see the big picture can be very motivating and engaging) while also allowing them to feel like what they do matters.

Thanks for sharing! It's interesting to see the di...

2009-03-25T17:26:00.000-04:00

Thanks for sharing! It's interesting to see the different points of view. In the part where you are talking about your twitter poll, would you consider hyperlinking the word twitter to you twitter page? That would enable other educators to follow you. Thanks!

wow. very interesting. nice of you to compile the ...

2009-03-25T14:25:00.000-04:00

wow. very interesting. nice of you to compile the responses.
i'd love to see you ask a similar question of administrators...maybe something like: how far ahead do you expect teachers at your school to plan and/or prepare?