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karen terleckyRereading @budtheteacher's Open Letter to Teachers 2008-Powerful message. Thanks to @shareski for reminder of post http://t.co/ezV7rvf
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Jöran Muuß-Merholz"An Open Letter To Teachers" by @budtheteacher...http://bit.ly/b25TF3 ---> still so relevant for change #edtech #edchat
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Work on your crap detector. Teach your students to develop theirs. Read and write lots. Let your students make meaningful choices in their learning. Hold them accountable for the choices they make, good or bad.
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Kim YarisA great reminder--should be read at the beginning of every school year.
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An Open Letter to Teachers
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23 Aug 08
Rob JacobsGreat advice for teachers returning for a new school year.
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First. I hope you take lots of risks for the sake of learning this year.
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Ask the question that you’re hesitant to ask.
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Try very hard not to work all the time.
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You need no one’s permission to postpone a due date or modify an assignment for the benefit of a student, or to delay some grading for the benefit of yourself or your family. All will be right with the world if you’re a day late, so long as you had a reason.
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Be an expert when you need to be. Be a learner always.
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Model always what you want your students to do.
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Be humble, but fight like crazy for your students.
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Work on your crap detector.
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And share the good stuff
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22 Aug 08
Donna MurrayA great "read before the first day of school" blogpost for teachers. Inspiring.
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20 Aug 08
tracy barnesHere in my neck of the woods, it’s the weekend before the start of classes.
At my house, life got frantic this week as my wife, a high school language arts
teacher, returned to work.
It’s about to get really busy if you are at all involved in education. As you
gear up in whatever way that you do, I selfishly wanted to jot down a few
reminders that I’d be telling myself if I were about to get started.
First. I hope you take lots of risks for the sake of learning this year. Not
just for your students, but also for you. Make it a goal to try to learn
something in a sustained and meaningful way that has little to do with your
classroom life. I’ve been trying to learn photography this year, and while I’m
nowhere close to proficient, it has been helpful to be in the mindset of a
learner who’s struggling. That’s how many of our students feel everyday.
It doesn’t have to be a big risk that you always take - take little ones,
too. Ask the question that you’re hesitant to ask. Share the writing you’re
doing with your students. Volunteer to do the silly dance at the assembly. Just
challenge yourself a little bit every now and then. We rise to the challenge
when we’re pushed. But it’s easy to forget to reach.
Try very hard not to work all the time. I suck at this, at turning off my
work brain and focusing on being a dad or a husband or “just a dude reading the
paper at the corner coffee shop,” but I recognize the value of being at rest and
at play, of knowing that it’s better to let small work things go in the name of
preserving long term relationships. You CAN be that hero teacher that everyone
loves and is in awe of, but only for a little while. Then, you burn out and fade
away and don’t do anyone any good at all.
You need no one’s permission to postpone a due date or modify an assignment
for the benefit of a student, or to delay some grading for the benefit of
yourself or your family. All will be right with the world if you’re a day late,
so long as you had a -
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Try very hard not to work all the time
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Work on your crap detector.
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18 Aug 08
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John EvansIt’s about to get really busy if you are at all involved in education. As you gear up in whatever way that you do, I selfishly wanted to jot down a few reminders that I’d be telling myself if I were about to get started.
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Dave TrussAs you gear up in whatever way that you do, I selfishly wanted to jot down a few reminders that I’d be telling myself if I were about to get started.
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I hope you take lots of risks for the sake of learning this year. Not just for your students, but also for you. Make it a goal to try to learn something in a sustained and meaningful way that has little to do with your classroom life.
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You need no one’s permission to postpone a due date or modify an assignment for the benefit of a student, or to delay some grading for the benefit of yourself or your family.
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Be an expert when you need to be. Be a learner always. You are probably the most experienced learner in your classroom. But don’t assume you’re the most knowledgable person or object. If you’ve a computer handy, then you’re not. Embrace that. Relationships and mentoring cannot be outsourced or Googled. They take time and genuine concern.
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And share the good stuff. Your stories are all human ones, and they are all special, just as each one of you, and each of your students, is special. There is always someone curious about what you’re up to.
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Lisa WinebrennerWhile Bud wrote this open letter to teachers, the letter can be applied to anyone who works with people sharing knowledge and experiences from mentors to parents.
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17 Aug 08
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Vicki DavisBud's open letter to teachers is phenomenal and real. It is a great reminder for those getting started in the school year! Wow!
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