http://e-poche.net/2005/09/20/wheres-the-wow/ under the influence of epoche Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://e-poche.net/2005/09/20/wheres-the-wow/#comment-61 Claudia Lewis Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:00:53 +0000 http://e-poche.net/?p=22#comment-61 I agree with the idea that we as teachers need to have more "wow" responses from our students. Often times I feel very rigid in my class schedule so that I can make it through the curriculum. Then I forget to add the "fun" part of education. It is usually when I am having fun that they have more fun learning and then the "wow" response is natural! We just finished a unit on mysteries in my fourth grade class and one student exclaimed "this was the best project I have ever worked on". That was all I needed to hear! I agree with the idea that we as teachers need to have more “wow” responses from our students. Often times I feel very rigid in my class schedule so that I can make it through the curriculum. Then I forget to add the “fun” part of education. It is usually when I am having fun that they have more fun learning and then the “wow” response is natural! We just finished a unit on mysteries in my fourth grade class and one student exclaimed “this was the best project I have ever worked on”. That was all I needed to hear!

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