Friday, November 28, 2014

Fischler's story about how he got his teaching certificate. He asked students to suspend their judgment. "Don't jump to conclusions."

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.


Education is the lighting of a fire
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.



More items on SoundCloud  "Education is the lighting of a fire."

30 percent of students drop out....


Another Sound Cloud:   Computer Assisted Instruction

A list of presenters at the 6 Dec. 2014 event to celebrate the creation of the Fischler School of Education Distance Education Museum and to highlight the work of Abraham S. Fischler, Ed.D.

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)


Click here for the 9 minute video with Dennis
Dennis Yuzenas is a teacher in West Palm Beach
search "Dennis Yuzenas 9 minutes"
561 358 6884    dyuzenas@oapb.org   WhatDoYaKnow.com

Matt Blazek is a teacher in Boca Raton Prep  


<<< a training offered in 2013 at Miami Arts Charter School
415 990 6618     mjblazek@hotmail.com

Omar Vasile is a teacher in Palm Beach County
I shot his explanation of his class technique.   He uses projects in the middle school environment.
omarvasile@gmail.com

Dee Naukana is a principal in Fort Lauderdale
She tolerates projects in her school
She met with Fischler on Nov. 13
dnaukana@sunedhigh.com

Tammy Lara is a principal in Margate and leader of SunEd High Schools
she encourages projects in her school.
she also met with Fischler on Nov 13
tlara@sunedhigh.com

    1. fischler intro 1 of 14 Visit with Tammy Lara and DeeEtte Naukana

      Visit with Dr. Fischler November 13, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale A visit to his office.
    2. Fischler 3 of 14 640 Description of SunEd High "Time is a Variable"

      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.



More links to student math videos
a)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPnLxYAQ3jA

b)  Tangent 46  a 15-minute video

Go here
c)   Venn Diagram Project   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8mZld9fxOM  Venn Diagram


d)  15 minute video


See this link for the creativity that you can find at Miami Arts Charter



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...  

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Mark Twain' s quote about schools was seen in a park in Havana... on a t-shirt

steve mccrea.  +1 (954) 646-8246
skype.  steveenglishteacher

This image was taken by Mario Llorente in a park in Havana.  The quote is one of the quotes that Dr. Fischler comments on in his Web Book  www.Transform-Education.com and on his blog abe.TheStudentIstheClass.com.  

You can get the free ebook at www.TinyURL.com/FischlerEbook

Thursday, November 13, 2014

What would you put in front of your students? What videos would catch their attention? "Strange Body in Ear" corpo estranha de ouvido in Portuguese

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"...