tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post5546858308160133527..comments2023-03-21T07:51:46.063-04:00Comments on BYOD, ASAP: The Role of the TeacherHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13987609384790057309noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-47823520289072686732015-06-22T19:32:29.699-04:002015-06-22T19:32:29.699-04:00Thanks for your comment, Alyssa! I'm glad I...Thanks for your comment, Alyssa! I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way! :)<br /><br />I haven't heard anything negative from most parents and other teachers, and my admin has been very supportive (I'm so thankful for that!). I do get some flack from parents of students who are very unmotivated, and don't take the initiative to start any kind of learning in class. But once I tell the parents that this frees me up to go over and sit one-on-one with the students and give them more individualized help (should the student ask for it), they're more accepting. Imagine getting 20-30 minutes of extra class time to be working with the students every day... that's what I found when I stopped teaching from the front! :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987609384790057309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-40206267306822798112015-06-22T17:05:36.753-04:002015-06-22T17:05:36.753-04:00Absolutely agree! It's hard to get the image o...Absolutely agree! It's hard to get the image out of my head of the highly academic "perfect" classroom where the Socrates-like teacher is so engaging in the delivery of the content that the students just sit and listen in amazement, and go away knowing and understanding everything...which is funny, because that's not at all how I want to teach!<br /><br />I would love to hear how parents, other teachers, admin, etc., have reacted to your changing teacher style! As a new teacher, that's one thing I worry about.Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722440908147410632noreply@blogger.com