Leading By Example:

I was in search of an article that could give me that spark of energy that this final week deserved.  Once I listened to James Paul Gee on Grading with Games, I found it!  He was extremely motivating and made me feel so inspired about technology in my classroom.  One of his most memorable quotes was:

“We have to de-professionalize teachers.  We’ve allowed a bunch of text books, and tests, politicians and schools of education to supervise them and do curriculum for them in ways that take away their professional responsibilities to build their own curriculum and think strategically about how learning works in their classroom.” 

Citation: Edutopia.org (nd). Big thinkers: James Paul Gee on grading with games. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-james-gee-video

I absolutely agree with this reasoning and theory because it proves that we (teachers) must evolve.  We must realize that our students are bored and need to feel the exact same empowerment in the classroom as we do, teaching it.  I personally feel that a course should heighten student abilities and allow them to see things from a student’s perspective.  I would like to think that setting this example and providing my students with what I am comfortable with learning as a student at Lamar, will help me be a new “professionalized” educator.