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April 2008 - Posts

Second Video Blog: Lego

Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 8:52 AM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
This is my second video blog. Read More...
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three lessons from students

Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:43 PM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
It's a false cliche to say that we learn more from students than they do from us. The reality is that teachers typically teach more than they learn. By the end of the year, I will have taught a student about history, economics geography, how to construct Read More...
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bad art and education

Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:10 PM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
Every time I ride past fifty first avenue, I see the old sugar beet factory in downtown Glendale. It's located near some housing projects and industrial warehouses. This afternoon, I began to wish it could be re-established in downtown Phoenix. It doesn't Read More...
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why the district is nearly always ineffective

Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 8:37 PM by jtspencer
I don't believe in the notion that the district is run by a bunch of pricks. I don't think that they are part of a vast conspiracy to make sure that we fail. I don't even believe in the lie that they are cruel, heartless vindictive people. However, I Read More...
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advice from my mentor

Posted Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:59 PM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
The greatest man to ever teach me spent less than a full year in our educational system. It's not that he "couldn't make it," but that he had already made commitments to run a hospitality house before he ever fell in love with the vocation. To his core, Read More...
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first ever video blog post

Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 8:10 AM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
The following is a video blog post I created. I did this for a few reasons. First, we have to do it for our class. Also, I realized awhile ago that this is such a multimedia culture that this is the language people speak. Like my friend Dustin pointed Read More...
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thoughts on problem-based learning

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 10:27 PM by jtspencer
For the last two weeks, students in my class have explored multiple facets of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. They have analyzed sources for bias, posed intelligent questions, created metaphors for the conflict and developed solutions. I admit that Read More...
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feeling lost

Posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:57 PM from John Spencer's Blog - A Billion Blogs of Solitude
I'm twenty eight right now. I love my job. I love my family. I feel like the last three sentences sound like the beginning of a trite, annoying country western tune. And I guess there is a part of me that realizes how so much of my life resembles a country Read More...
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