Team Building for SPED HIgh School students?

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I can't be run off, I have tenure so I can freely express my opinions now

We have been building cardboard and transparent plastic domes with our students for a number of years. Costructing domes is a great social, problem solving and collaborative activity, and completed domes could be donated to other schools, preschools or community organizations.

The site is at: http://www.domebook.com

Just to clarify Chocolate, as a veteran teacher myself, it is extremely valuable to have freshmen acquaint with others in order to produce a class that is encourage to participate and discuss. Maybe you wouldn't know what that is because you spend your entire class period lecturing and not making sure the students actually obtain any of the information? Just a thought. I know that may be a foreign concept to you but studies show that only students who feel that the environment is such that it encourages participation are going to actually engage in the class.

For such a beat down profession that is generally in it for the love, it kind of blows my mind that this is the flavor of this forum.

There are a million ways to teach and successfully reach kids. Some go at it like Chocolate. That's fine. Is he going to lose kids? Definitely. So will the rest of us.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Just to clarify Chocolate, as a veteran teacher myself, it is extremely valuable to have freshmen acquaint with others in order to produce a class that is encourage to participate and discuss. Maybe you wouldn't know what that is because you spend your entire class period lecturing and not making sure the students actually obtain any of the information? Just a thought. I know that may be a foreign concept to you but studies show that only students who feel that the environment is such that it encourages participation are going to actually engage in the class.

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that's a sign in my room. It means, there are 2 equal parts to the education equation. If either drop the ball, education doesn't happen.

at what point do you suggest kids be held responsible for any of their own educational success?

[jojoyo7]

I'd say it's a good idea to find out where the kids are academically, socially, verbally etc. so you know if they have learned anything after you have taught it. Standards will be addressed, of course, but it's a good idea to know what they know and maybe even look into their learning styles. There are lots of on-line resources to find learning styles and I have made up a few games, or maybe we should say activities, to find out what kind of learners you have. These kinds of things help you get to know the kids too.