Sunday, February 9, 2014

Comments for Teachers- Post Number One

C4T#1-Comment One

Lisa Thumann, the author of blogs on thumannresources.com, has been studying to improve the Common Core, which is the standards in which schools must follow to provide a clear understanding on what students are required to learn. Thumann and her team at SGEI have founded "Common Core Communities of Practice", where they perform conferences for teachers to learn how to enhance the learning process. I believe that teaching with technology is very important and I explain to her my beliefs.

"There are so many ways to teach with technology, and I believe that teachers have a responsibility to teach those ways. I believe that every teacher should believe that teaching means collaborating, celebrating, and sharing. I look forward to learning more about the success and learnings of this project!"

I hope that Lisa and her team at SGEI will find much success by providing teachers with this resource.


C4T#1-Comment Two

Lisa Thumann has raised another interesting question while attempting to raise the attrition rates at UNconfrences. Lisa assists in organizing free conferences, which takes much time and planning, and after many years, she has become annoyed with the low attrition rates at these conferences. For instance, people must sign up for the conference, but not every registrant actually attends, and she explains that once, only 25% of people who signed up actually attended. This is frustrating because this causes unnecessary stress to Lisa and her crew. She never knows how much food to order and how big or small the venue needs to be because the number of registrants rarely equal the number of people in attendance. I provided Lisa with my opinion as to what she should do in order to resolve this issue.

 "You have raised great questions, Lisa. I sense your frustration and agree that we MUST figure out a way to solve this issue. Charging a nonrefundable fee sounds like a great idea, but what is not as many people want to register because of the fee? I definitely believe that you must overwhelm your registrants with emails and reminders, that way the event is frequently on their minds. If you do run out of food for a free event, that is okay. Besides, the event is free so food is simply an added bonus to the knowledge they are receiving."

I understand why Lisa becomes annoyed with this issue and I hope that she will resolve this issue.

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