Just Teach Them To Solve For X
In this post, he is explaining to a fellow teacher why metaphor's are important to learning and life. Using metaphors are confusing, dangerous, and often times messy but he relates these facts to reality. He talks about how life is not easy and sometimes very hard, so he wants to teach his students to use metaphors to help show them that. Sketchy Portraits: 8th Grade Identity and Pencils
In this post, Mr. Spencer is referring to how the attitudes of students coincide with their confusion of how things are changing in society. He compares a fourteen year old to a toddler to prove the point. The point being that the fourteen year olds want to be treated like both an adult and a kid.
He Just Likes the Class For The Pencils
This is my favorite post of the four that was assigned. Mainly because of his way with children and how he treats them. He takes into account that he is not always right and does make mistakes, but he also apologizes which is essential in gaining a trustworthy relationship with students. I know I always had respect for teachers who acknowledges when they were wrong.
Another thing I like about this post is that he does not "shame and blame" the student. That is no way to gain respect or help the student in any way. Teachers need to try and find out what exactly that particular student is having trouble with and why in order to help them. I think Mr. Spencer is a great teacher that works hard to help his students.
The Medium Shapes the Learning
Mr. Spencer is trying to show that teaching with different mediums will give you a different learning outcomes. I completely agree with this post. I immediately compared this post to an Art class that I have recently taken. We learned many art mediums different artist of different time periods used. Each medium produced a unique outcome. Depending on which medium you teach will give you a unique outcome.
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