tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post6762175763944297780..comments2024-02-22T04:00:47.480-05:00Comments on EdTech Workshop: Act SmartAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10630103304646424890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post-17482112028498607232009-04-15T23:21:00.000-04:002009-04-15T23:21:00.000-04:00I tell my SPED middle school students the same thi...I tell my SPED middle school students the same thing you told your husband. These kids come from urban poverty and act in school the same way they do on the street.<br /><br />I ask, "What do you want your life to be like when you become an adult?" Then I tell them to start acting like they want be. It has worked to curb some adverse behaviors.<br /><br />BTW, I am something like your husband. Teaching is my fifth or sixth career. Mine were careers and I usually had two going simultaneously. Longest? 18 years. Shortest? Teaching (five years and going strong).Deven Blackhttp://educationontheplate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164400845780458490.post-82349050073757580862009-03-02T14:47:00.000-05:002009-03-02T14:47:00.000-05:00This is so true. I don't know if this explanation ...This is so true. I don't know if this explanation makes sense, but here's what I'm thining. <BR/><BR/>I started communicating with other educators online about two years ago. It is not really in my personality to break into social groups. I have "acted" as if I am comfortable in this way and it has come to pass that I have a great group of educators that I am comfortable with when I meet them in person.<BR/><BR/>I've had several opportunities to meet educators in person and we now have a common background through talking online. I look forward to conferences now because I have used these different online spaces to become more at ease at conferences. I don't have to act confident when I attend conferences, I am confident.<BR/>AnnAnn Orohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11137060994986827867noreply@blogger.com