I have just finished reading, NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult. I highly recommend this book for parents of middle school students. I closed the book after reading the last page and thought long and hard about listening to our children. I mean, do we really listen or just give a half an ear? I thought back to my parenting days of my two boys thinking, “I’m sure I should have listened more! I did listen, didn’t I?” I thought at the time I was. One sure bet is that I will with my grandaughter and soon to be grandson! I will look them in the eye and be a Grammy that listens! I will teach my own sons to listen better than I did! Look through bookbags! Tell your children you are! FIND out who they REALLY are hanging out with! Get your kids really talking with you! When they answer that things are going just fine, make them detail what fine means IN school and OUT of school! Let them have get togethers at your home WITHOUT letting them talk you into shutting the door or leaving! Be friends with their friends and their parents! I guess I am just saying, “hey ya’ll, this is the 21st century!” Be aware. I am!
Do We Really Listen To Our Children?
September 13, 2007 by gfittsTechnology Alarm Clock!
March 16, 2007 by gfittsHello!
My alarm goes off every morning at 5:05 and I go to school to teach my 6th graders social studies. Nice school, people, students…….I feel good about my classes and oh such great lesson plans…..NOT! My technology alarm clock went off at the NCAECT Conference big time! Will Richardson led me to realize that I can’t hit the snooze button any longer. Our children need what the title of his book says, BLOGS, WIKIS, PODCASTS AND OTHER POWERFUL WEB TOOLS FOR CLASSROOMS now! It isn’t just time to “Take it to the Net”, but to the emergency room! I no longer feel the “want”, but the “need” to do it! Our classrooms are in crisis and everyday we don’t deliver these technolgy opportunities to our students is a day loss in my new mindset. Thanks to all who got me to this conference. I’m reading Richardson’s book. Get it and read ASAP! I have a new vocabulary! I have wikipedia! So long to Jeeves! My learning has changed and I will expose it to my students, team members, and my family. I am still in a little “Future Shock”, but love it everytime I absorb a bit more of it. I am on my way now to understanding the 21st century learning and it has nothing to do with Sally, Dick, or Jane!
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