Question: What is an
interesting way of highlighting student ideas in the classroom?
Answer/Quote: “Some of my
favorite moments as a high school English teacher occurred whenever a student
would say something particularly thoughtful, profound, or uniquely hysterical
and the class would joyously insist the statement go up on ‘the wall.’ The wall
was simply a collection of student quotes gathered together that hung around my
room One of my favorite quotes was taped above the chalkboard, written in
large, blue capital letters on white typewriter paper: ‘We’re Smarter
Together.’ ” P. 199.
Comment: I think that’s an interesting idea. I can
think of some of my favorite student ideas. I wish I had thought of putting
them on my classroom walls. One of my
all-time favorites was Reba Hodson’s response to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “To be great is to be misunderstood.” She
said that in geometry she had learned that for a definition to be valid it had
to be reversible. Take that Mr. Emerson. RayS.
Title: “We’re Smarter
Together: Building Professional Social Networks in English Education.” James
Cercone. English Education (April 2009), 199-206.
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