tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post111629112311651195..comments2024-03-08T00:17:09.224-08:00Comments on The Daily Grind: Becoming BetterMr. McNamarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-1117202234326128882005-05-27T06:57:00.000-07:002005-05-27T06:57:00.000-07:00Don't worry, I was just thinking out loud. If the...Don't worry, I was just thinking out loud. If there is any hint of my thinking Shakespeare is obsolete, it is my own inadequacies as a Shakespearean teacher coming out. So sorry, to get you worked up!Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-1117164957305001462005-05-26T20:35:00.000-07:002005-05-26T20:35:00.000-07:00I KNOW you didn't just say that Shakespeare may be...I KNOW you didn't just say that Shakespeare may be obsolete. You didn't. I hope not. I still use Julius Ceasar, Merchant of Venice, Henry V, and Othello to some degree or another in my World History class!Boston Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144209279818344698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-1116685036586287342005-05-21T07:17:00.000-07:002005-05-21T07:17:00.000-07:00Wonderful thoughts. I have been doing a fair amoun...Wonderful thoughts. I have been doing a fair amount of thinking over at my blog, Remote Access, about this same thing. I think a lot of what happens in classrooms, from content to methods needs ot be "left behind" as you put it. Classrooms (mine most of all) are not doing a great job to prepare kids for the soceity they will be adult citizens in. A thorough culling of curricula and methods is most heavily rewuired for all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-1116294364016103892005-05-16T18:46:00.000-07:002005-05-16T18:46:00.000-07:00Oh, but I always liked "The Tempest" the best. Wh...Oh, but I always liked "The Tempest" the best. What a great metaphor for education. "Damn you and your books, Prospero!" What happens on that island when education and books arrive? Have your kids chew on that one. :)<BR/><BR/>If you hang around the classroom long enough, you find out that nothing becomes obsolete. It just becomes repackaged with new terms. Keep what works, and don't worry about the "new." As long as kids are learning, who cares how you get them to engage?The Science Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846516022505481326noreply@blogger.com