It's almost the holidays. The website for AVID in the Northwest is up and running. Life is good but a couple of weeks ago, my AVID classroom was dull. It seemed like the students were bored. I know AVID = hard work and I tell my kids all the time that the single greatest difference between success and failure is effort. What was going on?
I think when my class is boring I am mostly irrelevant to my students. The AVID tools are good, my application of them is what needs adjustment.
Instead of a Philosphical Chairs on health care, we did it about the movie New Moon. Talk about engaged.
Instead of a time management unit straight from the AVID library, I assigned students to small film making crews who will make two minute films about a character who learns the benefits of time management.
Students are happy because they care about the subject matter and I'm happy because they are using AVID tools. Life is grand.
Friday, November 20, 2009
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