As a teacher, it is important to constantly keep myself educated on the best way to teach my students! I have recently watched TED Talks from Angela Lee Duckworth and Bill Gates (links to these videos are below). I chose to watch these videos because I have never heard of "Grit" before this made me interested in Duckworth's presentation. Bill Gates is, of course, a very influential person and I was interested in what his take on our education system was.
Angela Lee Duckworth explained in her video that IQ's and test scores cannot be the deciding factor on whether a student will succeed or not. She believes the deciding factor is the student's Grit. Grit is a student's passion, perseverance, and their stamina for long term goals. Student's with grit see living life like a marathon, not a sprint. Duckworth sees the importance for learning how to teach students work ethic and motivation! She believes the growth mindset is important: the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, it can change! It stood out and resonated with me Duckworth's passion for discovering what the underlying factor is that results in some students succeeding, while others fail.
Bill Gates focus on the fact that everyone in life needs a coach, and touched on the importance that we all need feedback from this coach to improve. Students need this feedback, but it is also important that teachers are given valuable feedback as well. Gates believes that the educational system in America is not fair to students or teachers, and he has an idea on how to improve this. Gates had the idea of teacher's videotaping themselves while teaching, so that they can give themselves feedback and so it is easier for others to give them feedback as well. Diagnosing what needs to be improved is important, but being able to show a teacher how to improve it also vital. Teachers should be able to see a video of the best person teaching so that they can strive to become the best as well. The point that resonated with me after listening to Gates' talk was the way he saw that there was a problem in the education system, and thought of an idea to fix it. I feel that many educators have strong beliefs that the educational system in America is not working, but do not know what to do to fix it. I believe that his ideas could definitely be positive to teachers, and that having a database where teachers could watch each other teaching could be very beneficial!
Both Duckworth and Gates see that there are problems in the way America approaches education, and feels that something needs to be done to improve it. They both see the way that teachers could improve through learning through one another, and that the way we can help students to learn better is to teach teachers better!
http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_teachers_need_real_feedback.html
TED also has lesson plans for teachers to use! This Deja Vu video is very interesting and keeps the viewer interested. It is short enough to keep the student's attention, but it is in-depth enough to teach the student important information. I feel that these video lesson plans could definitely be beneficial to students and teachers!
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-deja-vu-what-is-deja-vu-michael-molina
Angela Lee Duckworth explained in her video that IQ's and test scores cannot be the deciding factor on whether a student will succeed or not. She believes the deciding factor is the student's Grit. Grit is a student's passion, perseverance, and their stamina for long term goals. Student's with grit see living life like a marathon, not a sprint. Duckworth sees the importance for learning how to teach students work ethic and motivation! She believes the growth mindset is important: the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, it can change! It stood out and resonated with me Duckworth's passion for discovering what the underlying factor is that results in some students succeeding, while others fail.
Bill Gates focus on the fact that everyone in life needs a coach, and touched on the importance that we all need feedback from this coach to improve. Students need this feedback, but it is also important that teachers are given valuable feedback as well. Gates believes that the educational system in America is not fair to students or teachers, and he has an idea on how to improve this. Gates had the idea of teacher's videotaping themselves while teaching, so that they can give themselves feedback and so it is easier for others to give them feedback as well. Diagnosing what needs to be improved is important, but being able to show a teacher how to improve it also vital. Teachers should be able to see a video of the best person teaching so that they can strive to become the best as well. The point that resonated with me after listening to Gates' talk was the way he saw that there was a problem in the education system, and thought of an idea to fix it. I feel that many educators have strong beliefs that the educational system in America is not working, but do not know what to do to fix it. I believe that his ideas could definitely be positive to teachers, and that having a database where teachers could watch each other teaching could be very beneficial!
Both Duckworth and Gates see that there are problems in the way America approaches education, and feels that something needs to be done to improve it. They both see the way that teachers could improve through learning through one another, and that the way we can help students to learn better is to teach teachers better!
http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_teachers_need_real_feedback.html
TED also has lesson plans for teachers to use! This Deja Vu video is very interesting and keeps the viewer interested. It is short enough to keep the student's attention, but it is in-depth enough to teach the student important information. I feel that these video lesson plans could definitely be beneficial to students and teachers!
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-deja-vu-what-is-deja-vu-michael-molina