Comments on: Push or pull? http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/push-or-pull.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arnold Kriegbaum http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/push-or-pull.html/comment-page-1#comment-13454 Arnold Kriegbaum Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/02/push-or-pull.html#comment-13454 I really enjoy your definitions of push and pull. I am personally in the "pull" camp. I guess I really wonder how a third party would view teacher involvement in our school, since it sure FEELS like almost all "push", though I am not a fair judge of my own situation. I really enjoy your definitions of push and pull. I am personally in the “pull” camp.

I guess I really wonder how a third party would view teacher involvement in our school, since it sure FEELS like almost all “push”, though I am not a fair judge of my own situation.

]]> By: Janet Erlinger http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/push-or-pull.html/comment-page-1#comment-13455 Janet Erlinger Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/02/push-or-pull.html#comment-13455 I have a note that reminds me of this issue each day. It is credited to 'Master Teacher'. I got it from a desk calendar years ago and it inspires me daily. "Do you lead your students to water and make them drink or do you try harder to make them thirsty?" I try to teach the students to thirst for the knowledge and teach them how to discover it. I definately think teaching the pull of knowledge will take the student further in life. No one is going to be there forever to push, and who has that kind of energy? I know our campus is overflowing with the excitement of learning, and that tone is set by the principal. We are required to utilize engaging lessons and we measure the levels of engagement with student input. It helps us to better our approach, and when the students feel empowered, they return more eager/more thirsty the next day! I have a note that reminds me of this issue each day. It is credited to ‘Master Teacher’. I got it from a desk calendar years ago and it inspires me daily. “Do you lead your students to water and make them drink or do you try harder to make them thirsty?” I try to teach the students to thirst for the knowledge and teach them how to discover it. I definately think teaching the pull of knowledge will take the student further in life. No one is going to be there forever to push, and who has that kind of energy? I know our campus is overflowing with the excitement of learning, and that tone is set by the principal. We are required to utilize engaging lessons and we measure the levels of engagement with student input. It helps us to better our approach, and when the students feel empowered, they return more eager/more thirsty the next day!

]]> By: Rodd Lucier http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/push-or-pull.html/comment-page-1#comment-13456 Rodd Lucier Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/02/push-or-pull.html#comment-13456 Learning is an result of engagement rather than attendance. Opportunities for choice, challenge, creativity, and collaboration through relevant real world tasks are sadly lacking. Without these, what is engaging about school? It's little wonder that so many students equate school with captivity. Have you seen the recent post at Students 2.0? http://students2oh.org/2008/02/23/amateur-education/ Learning is an result of engagement rather than attendance. Opportunities for choice, challenge, creativity, and collaboration through relevant real world tasks are sadly lacking. Without these, what is engaging about school?

It’s little wonder that so many students equate school with captivity. Have you seen the recent post at Students 2.0?

http://students2oh.org/2008/02/23/amateur-education/

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