Yesterday I blogged about how students were resisting the Slice of Life Story Challenge this month. Today, after a full day at the #innovategraded conference in Sao Paulo, I opened up their Google docs and discovered a treasure trove of amazing slices. Please respond in the comments. I know my students would really appreciate that! Slice #1 - Go eat dinner “Wendy, dinner is ready!” Mom yelled out. “ OK. I’m coming, just one little piece to work.” I don’t want to miss the thing. “Well, be faster.” Then, she turned to do her “job”. Finally I finished, but I don’t want to move my poor body anymore. I’m like a snail moving so slowly. My legs are like full of the iron so I couldn't move it, but still I get into the dining room and get ready to have my dinner. Slice # 2 - Selling and Buying My dad and I were eating dinner when suddenly he proposes that our family sells our house in Houston and buy a different one. I said, “ OK... How ...
This blog is a place to ruminate on the problems of teaching. If I am thinking thoughtfully, my posts will hopefully raise more questions than answers. By problematizing teaching we reflect on those questions that are constantly behind, in front, and at center of everything we do in the classroom. Feel free to comment. I'd love to hear what other teachers are thinking about on these and other issues. Cheers! Elisa