How do you think your students would respond to this?
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Clif Mims is a Christian, husband, father, teacher, cancer warrior, and fan of the Mississippi State Bulldogs and Memphis Grizzlies.
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Students? Heck, this is a great message for adults as well! 🙂
Thanks for sharing Dr. Mims!
Nice. Thought provoking and encouraging. I’m using it. And, as always, you rock for sharing.
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
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……
Students? Heck, this is a great message for adults as well! 🙂
Thanks for sharing Dr. Mims!
Nice. Thought provoking and encouraging. I’m using it. And, as always, you rock for sharing.
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
This will make it past the filters:
http://edublogs.tv/play.php?vid=1178
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……