It’s all about the science baby

I perused quite a few of the k-12 conference sites from the 2008 conference and I had a hard time trying to find one that interested me. I settled on the strand of “Leading the Change Keynote”, entitled “The Voices of School 2.0: School Reform as described by the words and images of the people of the Science Leadership Academy.” I find it very interesting that what I have strived to accomplish in my classroom over the last three plus decades is continually captured in pieces that I come across in my reading. This experience was no different. What was being taught and modeled at the Science Leadership Academy as an ostensibly portrayed break from the norm is something that I have witnessed in my department for many years. It was obvious that the students and faculty alike seemed to be on the right track in achieving real thought processes to come to some kind of realistic conclusions for a variety of science undertakings. These students were at a slight advantage with all the bells and whistles to work with at this Academy, but the pedagogy of really trying to get the kids to understand the science by probing their minds for real and probable solutions is really quite admirable. Screw the worksheets! Oops, can you say that in a blog?

In a nutshell, I am thoroughly on board with what was being portrayed in that session and an entity that I am continually trying to strive for in my teaching year to year. The years are surely withering away, but I surely hope that part of my legacy, if I have one, is simply that “C squared sure as hell gave it his best shot!”

The K-12 conference seems to be a great forum for global communication and I would like to tap into the 2009 get together if time permits. Thanks. See ya.