Looking forward to reading your review, Terry. I used to work in education supporting young adults with neurodiverse needs, and embedding technology to assist communication and learning was quite a challenge. I thought it would be easier in mainstream settings, but perhaps not.
Yes, that's quite true and very encouraging when you witness it; there are so many creative ways to facilitate learning, it sometimes reminds me of learning a foreign language (laborious, obscure and then you break through the barrier and it's highly satisfying!)
Looking forward to reading more of your thoughts and anecdotes on the subject.
Thanks, Mitch, though I disagree with your notion that the kids should be teaching the teachers. Research has shown that many kids pick up a good superficial set of skills very quickly, but don't know how to go deeper. Also, many kids DON'T get skilled quickly. Also, they don't know how to teach anything. I feel like having a good rant now, but I shall restrain myself 🤣
Don't worry about it. It happens all the time. I'll have to write about it sometime. The weirdest thing to me was being at a conference once where 98% of the audience were teachers, and some 13 year-old know-all who had taught himself programming said that we kids should be teaching the teachers, and received a massive round of applause. Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas.
Looking forward to reading your review, Terry. I used to work in education supporting young adults with neurodiverse needs, and embedding technology to assist communication and learning was quite a challenge. I thought it would be easier in mainstream settings, but perhaps not.
Thanks, Mya. Unfortunately not. On the bright side, however, some people really get it, so to speak, and achieve amazing things with their students.
Yes, that's quite true and very encouraging when you witness it; there are so many creative ways to facilitate learning, it sometimes reminds me of learning a foreign language (laborious, obscure and then you break through the barrier and it's highly satisfying!)
Looking forward to reading more of your thoughts and anecdotes on the subject.
"Breaking through the barrier" : a great way of expressing it. Thanks, Mya
Thanks, Mitch, though I disagree with your notion that the kids should be teaching the teachers. Research has shown that many kids pick up a good superficial set of skills very quickly, but don't know how to go deeper. Also, many kids DON'T get skilled quickly. Also, they don't know how to teach anything. I feel like having a good rant now, but I shall restrain myself 🤣
Don't worry about it. It happens all the time. I'll have to write about it sometime. The weirdest thing to me was being at a conference once where 98% of the audience were teachers, and some 13 year-old know-all who had taught himself programming said that we kids should be teaching the teachers, and received a massive round of applause. Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas.
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