C4T #2

“I was surprised” and “It was a good year,” which have been posted by Mr. Chase were great. In his posting of “I was surprised” he informs us that earlier this day, of June 14, he was thrown a surprise party by some of his students, or some of the students he has advised. For Chase the surprise was truly a special moment that won’t long be forgotten. He says this experience reminded him of what it was to be part of a community. I commented that what’s great about this post is the idea that by teaching you can be part of a caring community, a community that learns from one another. In “It was a good year” Chase recaps a creative way of engaging his G11 students to want to read. His strategy was simple, he just let the students pick out the books that they wanted to read, the ones they were interested in. The only problem with all this is grading. But Mr. Chase potential solves this by allowing the students to be their own graders, while at the same time expecting them to explain their work and their assessments. I commented that the idea was creative and brilliant because not only does it push the students to read, but it also puts the student in the teacher’s position, as far as the grading goes. I love the blogs that Mr. Chase had posted he is a very creative and intelligent individual.