Friday, November 18, 2011
I watched this video today that was featured on Free Technology for Teachers.
The message and title is "What's Obvious to You is Amazing to Someone Else". I think it's a positive message for students, but I also think it's good for us to remember as well. I know that I often forget that just because I know something doesn't mean others do as well. Also, when I think all my ideas are boring - they won't necessarily be boring to other people - that may just be self-criticism on my part.
This is also true when I'm answering a reference question or teaching a class. I don't know if it's true for teachers who teach all day, every day, but I need to remember that just because I've answered this same question twenty-five times already in the last two weeks, it's the FIRST time this student has asked this question. Also, just because I've explained how to use this databases over-and-over again for eight weeks, I have explained it to this group before.
So I think I need to challenge myself to both remember this and also - in the case of the classroom - to try to change things up to keep it fresh for myself as well as for the students!
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