Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Inspire Mathematics Academy - Day Two

Today, again, I did not teach but the lesson was awesome. I could see the struggle with the teacher as this concept is so different than what we are accustom to. She pulled it off though.

It was so inspiring to watch the children and to see what we learned in theory come to life right in front of me. I had to ask myself if the "Inspire" part of the academy for the students or the teachers. Before I would have said "students". Today I have to say both.

I have new hope for my students. I am really glad we had this opportunity and I'm glad we were able to get feedback from the students on how we did and what they thought.

1 comment:

Samantha Clay said...

That's an interesting thought about "Inspire". I didn't really think about it in terms of the teachers, but it really has had that effect. I was inspired by the students willingness and ability to work in this manner constructing their own knowledge. I hope I can take it back to my classroom this fall with equal success.