Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Promising Practices

Going through my checklist, I realized I completely forgot about this blog post so here it goes.

I was very excited about Promising Practices before I went but it wasn't what I expected. I got two math sessons which I was happy about because I love math and I chose math sessons on my choice list at registration. The first sesson was about math specialists. I was very interested but there wasn't alot of room for questions which dissappointed me. I can kind of relate this to Lisa Delpit because I felt like they weren't being explicit enough if I had questions on what they were trying to explain. Overall I liked this session and it made me want to learn more about becomeing a math specialist.

The second session I went to was a let down. I thought the material presented was interesting but the presenters were focused mainly on one table which happened to be filled with teachers. I enjoyed being there but I think it was more because there were 5 of my FNED classmates sitting there with me. I wish I could have taken more out of this workshop.

Finally, the keynote speaker. I didn't like his speech at all. I kept waiting for him to tell me the "now what" to the issues he addressed but it never came. He also directed him speech more towards the front of the room which is again where the teachers were sitting. This made me feel like the whole thing was directed towards them.

Overall, I didn't enjoy this conference but I plan to go back next year and hopefully gain more from it.

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