Hello everyone! Today I received a very interesting and inspiring web-link about the art of teaching. The video is titled "How to learn from mistakes" and the speaker who is in the video is Diana Laufenberg. She herself is an educator and has been teaching for many years. One of the main points she emphasizes about how teachers should deliver instruction is experiential teaching. What is meant by this is students should learn through their experiences. By experiencing a lesson, a topic, and a subject the student becomes owner of his or her education. When the student "owns" his or her education, the lesson learned becomes lasting almost permanent in their minds. This contributes to forming a solid, well-rounded, and grounded foundation of the student's learning experience. This foundation is what the student carries with his or herself all throughout his or her school experience. I have provided the link for you to watch. I would love to get your feedback and comments of whether you agree or disagree with this approach.
Thanks for reading my post. Until next time...
video link: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/1034
Vocabulary:
inspiring - (Verb) to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.)
web-link - (Noun) In computing, a hyperlink (or link) is a reference to a document that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically. The reference points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document.
emphasizes - (Verb) to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress.
experiential - (Adjective) pertaining to or derived from experience
well-rounded - (Adjective) fully developed; well-balanced.
Practice exercise:
Review the above vocabulary words and definitions and fill in the blanks of the sentences below.
The sight of the president giving his inaugural speech was ____________ to me.
I clicked on the ___________ and was able to purchase the item of my choice.
My mother always ___________ the importance of being clear.
I believe the ability to distinguish right from wrong is ___________________.
The _________________ student has an appreciation for academics, athletics, and music.
Love is one of the ______________ of a successful marriage.
Grammar point:
In order to develop your ideas and provide details and specifics, it's good to use adjectives. Adjectives not only will make your writing more interesting but it will also increase your vocabulary.
Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.Read the above post again and see how many adjectives you can identify. Try to find at least 5 adjectives, write down the sentence where you located the adjective and underscore the word it is describing.
To learn more about adjectives, visit the following websites:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzGLzFuwxI
Have fun!
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