Debbie Marper-Gibson

What an interesting TED lecture by Sir Kenneth Robinson. If only everyone could make there point in such an exciting and humorous way! Yes, yes and YES I thought! So much of what he said made me think about my own teaching and my family. The fact that my grandchildren wouldn't be retiring until 2065. Yikes! My son, at the age of five, telling his teacher that she would be very compressed with him. He meant impressed but didn't worry that he had said the word wrong. He just went for it. Most all what I took from the lecture, was the idea of children being so inovative. As teachers, we have always known this of course, but Robinson really brought the idea to life. I have worked on the U dance project in Carlisle for many years. We help teachers to produce a dance piece, usually based on an area of the curriculumn. There have been some amazing pieces, building on subjects such as maths and science. One, I remember based on the patterns and colours of a Rubix cube. What a f...

I've been thinking this week about the whole process of acquiring knowledge. When I told a friend that I was doing a long distance dance MA she jokingly said 'Do you need long arms and legs for that?!' Oh well, it made me laugh!   However, I've never been very good at understanding jokes. I have to think them through and then eventually I realise the punch line. I'm wondering if this is the way that I learn? I have to think about the information, process it. make a decision about it and finally believe in it or discard it. This is probably the way we all learn, except some, like me, need to take more time than others. (Don't get me started on the ridiculous idea of SATs tests!!!) I was reading the blog that I wrote earlier in the year to do with the fear of connectivism. I have certainly conquered several of my fears to do with this learning process when completing Module One. Although sifting through the realms of information on the internet does tak...