to everybody...
We already in to the New Year of 2011
The New Year offers hope for change and invites us to make choices. In reality, it is our choices which will make us.
May God bless our daily life forever.
Minggu, 02 Januari 2011
Selasa, 14 Desember 2010
To teach a superstar
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Have I told you that I live in the same house as my students?
It's just simply hilarious. Every morning they will see me dragging myself dozily to the bathroom or brushing my teeth noisily in the sink. Once in a while when I greet them good morning, I often drop saliva on my shirt. Other occasion when the day is sunny and the sky is clear, they will witness me hanging my granny-like underwear on the roof. If I forget to shut my room door properly they will spot a pile of books tangled with a pile of laundry (hey, you can use your sock as a bookmark, really). Sometimes they catch me red-handed talking to my goldfish or shaving my underarm or picking my nose. Happens. When I was a med student I always worshiped my teachers as if they were Hippocrates himself. Now I'm struggling to reserve my dignity.
During the job interview at my university, the interviewer once asked me, "Do you think you will make a good teacher?"
Are you joking? I thought to myself. I won't be just a good teacher, I will be a rock star. You know, the one that always gets thundering applause or, at least, standing ovation after each lecture.
"I will do my best," I said humbly (tips: this works for university interviews). When I said that, I must not have thought about sharing a bathroom, kitchen, garage and sink. It's quite hard to be a rock star once your students have seen your dirty laundry.
I can't be teacher at all times. At home, it's just me (meaning: a clumsy, unfashionable nerd who loves siesta and toilet jokes). I think there should be a line separating my personal and professional life. (Or perhaps I just need to create an alter ego like Lady Gaga?) Med students are not familiar with this separation. For decades the teachers were very well-respected, they were put on a pedestal. What if students find out that these people are actually mere human-beings?
I'm glad that my job description doesn't include having divine-like image. I have tried what I learn from CLIL (do scaffolding, engage student, elicit their prior knowledge, use pictures and lots of visual supports, involve their cognitive skills, and ask them to plan a bank job), so far it works quite well. I may not be a rock star (yet) but I do get an applause sometimes (when I insist). Not in the morning when I take my laundry out, of course.
PS. Dear friends, this blog is dying. We need more posts to keep it going. Please share your experiences and I'm sure we all love hearing them!
It's just simply hilarious. Every morning they will see me dragging myself dozily to the bathroom or brushing my teeth noisily in the sink. Once in a while when I greet them good morning, I often drop saliva on my shirt. Other occasion when the day is sunny and the sky is clear, they will witness me hanging my granny-like underwear on the roof. If I forget to shut my room door properly they will spot a pile of books tangled with a pile of laundry (hey, you can use your sock as a bookmark, really). Sometimes they catch me red-handed talking to my goldfish or shaving my underarm or picking my nose. Happens. When I was a med student I always worshiped my teachers as if they were Hippocrates himself. Now I'm struggling to reserve my dignity.
During the job interview at my university, the interviewer once asked me, "Do you think you will make a good teacher?"
Are you joking? I thought to myself. I won't be just a good teacher, I will be a rock star. You know, the one that always gets thundering applause or, at least, standing ovation after each lecture.
"I will do my best," I said humbly (tips: this works for university interviews). When I said that, I must not have thought about sharing a bathroom, kitchen, garage and sink. It's quite hard to be a rock star once your students have seen your dirty laundry.
I can't be teacher at all times. At home, it's just me (meaning: a clumsy, unfashionable nerd who loves siesta and toilet jokes). I think there should be a line separating my personal and professional life. (Or perhaps I just need to create an alter ego like Lady Gaga?) Med students are not familiar with this separation. For decades the teachers were very well-respected, they were put on a pedestal. What if students find out that these people are actually mere human-beings?
I'm glad that my job description doesn't include having divine-like image. I have tried what I learn from CLIL (do scaffolding, engage student, elicit their prior knowledge, use pictures and lots of visual supports, involve their cognitive skills, and ask them to plan a bank job), so far it works quite well. I may not be a rock star (yet) but I do get an applause sometimes (when I insist). Not in the morning when I take my laundry out, of course.
PS. Dear friends, this blog is dying. We need more posts to keep it going. Please share your experiences and I'm sure we all love hearing them!
Rabu, 24 November 2010
Teacher learns from Students, how about that?
Hi guys,
It is my first time to write a post in a blog. I'm a newbie. Well, that doesn't sound good, but at least I'd like to share my experience (or experiment in my opinion).
I have so much challenging situation in term of engaging the students. I teach a post graduate class in the evening. And the students enter the class after a full working day, so they can be switched off easily. I teach brand new subject with almost no local literature. And also some of them are practitioners in investigative audit. They are real investigative auditor meanwhile I am an auditor but I never practice as investigative auditor. I was worried how to engage the students.
Then I learned that the communication,humor and praising is very important in this situation. If a student feel comfortable and respected he will be an active volunteer in class activities. Grouping is also effective in class activities. The experienced students became source of learning. Thank God it works! And hopefully it continues... I love CLIL. The positive thing is I can learn from my students their field experiences. It feels like I am a student among them (but I got paid). When the teacher feels like a student he must be much younger then. :)
Surya
It is my first time to write a post in a blog. I'm a newbie. Well, that doesn't sound good, but at least I'd like to share my experience (or experiment in my opinion).
Then I learned that the communication,humor and praising is very important in this situation. If a student feel comfortable and respected he will be an active volunteer in class activities. Grouping is also effective in class activities. The experienced students became source of learning. Thank God it works! And hopefully it continues... I love CLIL. The positive thing is I can learn from my students their field experiences. It feels like I am a student among them (but I got paid). When the teacher feels like a student he must be much younger then. :)
Surya
Senin, 01 November 2010
Teaching Trial
Hi Guys..
Have you try your teaching practices in the real class? how to lead in, to scaffold students and to engage them in your lesson..
I will try to use it for my postgrad stud..
Thanks Josie, Joe and Komang for the new learning methods
Have you try your teaching practices in the real class? how to lead in, to scaffold students and to engage them in your lesson..
I will try to use it for my postgrad stud..
Thanks Josie, Joe and Komang for the new learning methods
Rabu, 27 Oktober 2010
Only took me 16 minutes to get this far!
Hi Everyone,
Thank you so much for setting this up. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this works! I think I still need a bit of help- like how to change my name to 'Josie'. But...bit by bit....
See you all tomorrow and please bring a healthy appetite.
Josie
Thank you so much for setting this up. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this works! I think I still need a bit of help- like how to change my name to 'Josie'. But...bit by bit....
See you all tomorrow and please bring a healthy appetite.
Josie
Selasa, 26 Oktober 2010
Sup!
Introducing 16 smart, brilliant, genius participants:
1. Wireless.
2. Mastitis.
3. Think out of the box.
4. Poverty.
5. Flat Money.
6. Anatomy.
7. Breast feeding.
8. Kissing Disease.
9. Public Policy.
10. News Worthiness.
11. Emotion.
12. International Treaty.
13. Love Triangle.
14. Noodle Ascariasis.
15. Ecotourism.
16. Tray Feeder.
And the greatest teachers ever, "The JJK":
1. Josie "Pace of life"
2. Joe, "Match up guys"
3. Komang, "Scaffolding"
Not to forget:
1. Vlad "Critical Thinking".
2. Steve "Pecha Kucha".
3. Reny "ICT".
1. Wireless.
2. Mastitis.
3. Think out of the box.
4. Poverty.
5. Flat Money.
6. Anatomy.
7. Breast feeding.
8. Kissing Disease.
9. Public Policy.
10. News Worthiness.
11. Emotion.
12. International Treaty.
13. Love Triangle.
14. Noodle Ascariasis.
15. Ecotourism.
16. Tray Feeder.
And the greatest teachers ever, "The JJK":
1. Josie "Pace of life"
2. Joe, "Match up guys"
3. Komang, "Scaffolding"
Not to forget:
1. Vlad "Critical Thinking".
2. Steve "Pecha Kucha".
3. Reny "ICT".
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