Failure Can Be a Good Thing
September 27th, 2008 |
How do you think your students would respond to this?
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September 27th, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Let’s find out, shall we? I will have to show it to them on the big screen, as I am too lazy to convert it and Youtube is blocked for them at school. I so wish I worked with college students without anything blocked…..sigh……
September 27th, 2008 at 9:56 PM
This will make it past the filters:
http://edublogs.tv/play.php?vid=1178
September 27th, 2008 at 9:57 PM
I think that failure is an essential part of learning. We only learn by making mistakes and correcting them in the future. Part of a teacher’s job is to let students make mistakes, but this can be a tricky balancing act. Take a look at my last post for an interesting story about this – http://teachingtechnically.blogspot.com/2008/09/letting-students-experience-failure.html
September 28th, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Nice. Thought provoking and encouraging. I’m using it. And, as always, you rock for sharing.
September 29th, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Students? Heck, this is a great message for adults as well!
Thanks for sharing Dr. Mims!
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