One Step at A Time – English People Good at Getting Active

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Here is an excellent article on the EPGGA blog where they quote of all people — me!

She concurs with my observation about making students the teachers and the teacher becoming the facilitator. This is absolutely at the core of the teaching methods I use. I have noticed a significant difference in mastery.

My grades in Computer Fundamentals jumped from a 92 average to a 98 average in one year — same test. I’ve seen the same in Computer Science as I’ve used this method, particularly with wikis — an 88 average last year for the class — this year I have one class with a 92+ average and one class with a 98+ average — same tests.

This tells me that something has changed! The textbook hasn’t changed. I haven’t changed. My assessment hasn’t changed except for the addition of wikis in lieu of papers. The teaching method changed and the grades have improved which in my opinion reflects an increased mastery of the subject.

As I peruse the educational blogosphere, I continue to be reinforced and even more passionate about a student centered approach to teaching and learning!

My article: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Teach Students to Teach Themselves

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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