Learn about readings by Neil Postman, Lois Hetland, Howard Gardner, Dennis Yuzenas, Abe Fischler, Dan Pink, Thomas Friedman, John Corlette, Will Sutherland, Tom vander Ark, Marshall Thurber and other innovative educators.
Click here to get the story from Dr. Fischler (how he became a teacher.) SoundCloud I took a lot of science but nobody taught me to "not jump to conclusions." I happened to see a goldfish in a tank. I anesthetized the fish and put the wires from a battery into the tank. I made it look like the fish was electrocuted. The lesson gets across something ...and maybe they will suspend their judgment.
The examiners didn't understand until they had an explanation from me. We don't do what we say we are going to do. We teach in a way that is convenient for us.
I wish to introduce this list of invitees to the invited speakers.
I encourage you to click below so you get a flavor of each of the presenters. For some of them I've included email and mobile contacts in case you want to discuss some of the ideas before you meet them or hear their presentations.
(This presentation is from an interview with Jeff Hutt, a founder of a school in the Bahamas, and Dr. Fischler)
Principal Tammy Lara describes the work of the school. Fischler uses the phrase "Time is a variable"
Found at "fischler lara naukana" on youtube
Jaime Torres is a math instructor in Miami at Miami Arts Charter School... he plans to bring some of the constructions that his students have made as part of their projects in a "time-variable classroom" ... students are encouraged to re-submit their work so that they can improve their product and in the end their understanding.
R. Rodriguez is a dance instructor at Miami Arts Charter and has a unique program that uses a timeline and the study of a dancer's biography to help students place and identify trends in dance history. The use of a timeline is helpful.
There is more information and there is a possibility that we will have more presenters...
People who are not teachers are sometimes find the most eye-catching videos. Look at these remarkable images from videos found by a nurse.
This is real life... Here is the "money shot"... you can see the insect in the ear.
Happy ending. The insect crawled out of the patient's ear
There is a happy ending to the video: The cockroach crawls out of the patient's ear.
inside the ear...
Guidelines for selecting a video for distributing to partents: Someone is going to be offended. (2) for future medical professionals, show the video one-on-one and let THEM distribute the video to their friends and classmates. Send your suggestions to VisualAndActive@gmail.com. I want to see more "strange bodies"...
I am a taxpayer and I believe that teachers, students, principals and parents need descriptions of a new way of teaching. I wake up every morning with Dr. Fischler's question in my head: "How do you become a visible change agent in this environment?" and "Time is a variable" and "The Student is the Class." The words of Daniel H. Pink, Will Sutherland, John Corlette, Eliot Levine, Elliot Washor, Charles Mojkowski and Dennis Littky inform my daily work.
Click here to get the story from Dr. Fischler (how he became a teacher.)
