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Improving Participation with Talk Moves

Another great video to watch from the Teaching Channel came my way again today.   This video  focused on different ways to allow students to communicate within the classroom.  It also has great ideas about questioning strategies within a classroom.  Some of the non-verbal communication ideas also seemed useful.

Daniel Pink Video

Daniel Pink, TMEA Keynote 2009 Everything is bigger in Texas, and that is true even with their professional conferences. The Texas Music Educators' Association (TMEA) conference is the largest music education conference in the U.S., and they spare no expense in bringing in well-known speakers for their general session keynotes. During the 2014 conference last month, they brought in Sir Ken Robinson, who is arguably the biggest name in education today. In 2009, Daniel Pink spoke at TMEA on the value of arts education. Knowing where my passion lies, you can understand why I found this video interesting. Even if you only have the ability to play the radio, I think you will find this video interesting and informative. I think his discussion of what 21st century skills in the global economy look like will be worth your time. Watch the longer video. It has many implications for American education in general and our vision of our curriculum in the years to come.

The More I Lecture, the Less I Know They Understand

Josh S. sent me this interesting article  regarding lecturing in a classroom.  It is really common to hear that lecturing is bad, and that hands-on inquiry is good.  However, this article puts the debate in a new light.  It isn't that lecturing is always bad.  Sometimes it may be good.  However, lecturing prohibits the teacher from truly knowing what the students know.