We all have so much to offer others, but for whatever reason, many of us choose not to share. This year I did a series of articles on lesson plans but lesson plans can best be created and improved upon by the individual teacher for a particular class. To me, lesson plans are a guide for learning. So this article will be a guide for learning-your learning. Last month, many of us went to Ice Breaker '97 Conference.
Conferences have the ability to rejuvinate our teaching.
Most of us have been to a conference, a district inservice, or a workshop already this year. We worry that we are out of our classroom too much, forgetting that when we come back and share our experience with our students we are modeling lifelong learning. We spend the day hearing new ideas, seeing what can be, feeling that it could work in our classroom. We come back pumped. Then it happens, not always, but sometimes it happens.