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Letting Go!
Source: Are you ready to "Let go?"
When I think of letting go, I think of the days I coached middle school cheerleaders. Every game was like a performance and if the athletes didn't perform as we practiced, they new that I was not happy. I can relate to the reading as a teacher and as a former coach. When you have prepared students for a performance, we have to let them know that we have confidence in both what we've taught as well as what they've learned and that we are confident that they will perform.
I also experienced "letting go" this school year when I assigned a Socratic Seminar to my high school computer applications students. The topic was somewhat controversial. The assignment was to write a letter to city leaders and express the pros and cons of teen clubs. I was really nervous about the assignment but I knew it was a good opporturnity for the students to think and to process a given topic. The assignment was actually a culminating project to previously completed coursework. The students submitted a letter in addition to presenting their cases in class. The presentations were awesome! They were well presented with research and documentation to support their opinions. In order to get these results, I had to let go. Letting go is not comfortable, not always easy to do but the results can be amazing! #DFACOMAPS #GOTITIANS
I like what you shared about your experience coaching and how you had to let the girls demonstrate their transfer of knowledge from practice to their game performance Our students on the field and in the classroom have to be able, on their own, to take previous knowledge, and analyze whether it is appropriate for the next challenge.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know what you thought about the webinar, "Inquiry: The Very First Step in the Process of Learning". For example when you assigned a Socractic Seminar to your high school computer applications students what was your goal? Were students supposed to be creative workers? How did they develop their culminating project? Did they find themselves having to learn, unlearn, and relearn?
It sounds like your experience with letting go went well for your computer applications students. Great job! I agree with what you said about having confidence. I also believe that as teachers we have to have confidence in our students and show it to them. I think that the confidence we have four our students empowers them to work even harder.
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