Zac Chase's Blog – August 2009 Archive (5)
Education for all?
29 July 09
One of the benefits of our schedule here in Mbita has been the chance to visit and speak with teachers and learners before our workshops begin.
Wednesday, we made our visit official with an introduction to John Ololtuaa the District Education Officer (DEO) for the Suba School District.
Ololtuaa lines up nicely with his counterparts in the States.… Continue
Added by Zac Chase on August 10, 2009 at 16:32 — No Comments
'Why do you care about special education?'
30 August 09
“When I go home and walk down the street, people treat me like a traitor. They say, ‘Why did you betray us and abandon the normal students.”
- Benedict, Special Education Teacher
Obalwanda Special School for the Mentally Handicapped
Mbita, Kenya
In Kenya, according to Mama Jane, it’s not uncommon for someone to answer an inquiry as to what her… Continue
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When does the game change?
05 August 09
When Dan Otedo was talking to our team about what he’d like us to do whilst we’re here working with teachers from Suba, he said, “Inspire us.”
No small order.
We’ve attempted to include some sort of “wowza” factor each day using a tool that’s within reach to the teachers here. To put “within reach” into perspective, on the news last night, it was… Continue
But do you have a song?
4 August 09
Part of working with 45 teachers on ICT skills when you’ve only 11 computers available to you is the fact that not everyone can be on a computer all the time.
As such, my lot this week has been to perform as song and dance man attempting to make pedagogy sexy.
A few summers ago, I had the illustrious task of making data sexy for a conference… Continue
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Cheating (in) the System
6 August 09
So tired today. It may be the teaching of backward design. It may be the fact that I made the mistake of wearing long pants and the room I was teaching in had no air flow to speak of. It may be any number of things. My money is on the idea that we’ve been going for about 5 weeks now and there are bound to be days that are more difficult than others.
Today… Continue
Added by Zac Chase on August 10, 2009 at 16:28 — No Comments
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