Comments on: In case I die of dehydration tonight. http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/ Thu, 03 May 2012 17:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Vincent Viscariello http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-129 Vincent Viscariello Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:24:20 +0000 http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-129 I was dehydrated, cramped, and typing on the Batphone. Cut me some slack. I was dehydrated, cramped, and typing on the Batphone. Cut me some slack.

]]> By: Farnoosh Brock http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-128 Farnoosh Brock Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:15:40 +0000 http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-128 Just tonight, Andy and I were wondering if my aunt's comment is going to be documented for all posterity to know, when you write about that vacation of yours ;) By the way, "driving THE".....missing a t - spell check :)! Take good care Dom, see you soon! Just tonight, Andy and I were wondering if my aunt’s comment is going to be documented for all posterity to know, when you write about that vacation of yours ;)
By the way, “driving THE”…..missing a t – spell check :) !
Take good care Dom, see you soon!

]]> By: Vincent Viscariello http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-123 Vincent Viscariello Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:00:10 +0000 http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-123 <em>(NOTE: Tweet's comment was probably meant for my post "<a href="http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/06/22/vacation-thus-far/" rel="nofollow">'Vacation' thus far.</a>")</em> I don't know whether you linked to this article as a rebuttal to my article or in an ironic sense. Either way, I'll say this: I'm glad Ms. Carr got something out of the collaboration with other teachers. I'm glad Mr. Maki understands the structure of the AP exams better. I know I walked away with a few new ideas from chatting with other teachers. Teacher-teacher and teacher-administrator collaboration <em>is</em> very useful. It's great to bounce ideas off one another, talk shop and share war stories. Yay! But this would have happened anyways at any seminar <em>where the presenters were off-topic</em>. Nothing in the Jacksonville.com article rebuts my point: we attended this seminar in order to figure out how to solve Problem X (or at least learn how to better deal with Problem X). The seminar was advertised as a Problem X seminar. We got to the seminar, and Problem X was never addressed--except when the people running the seminar said, "We'll get to Problem X later." The district can easily give teachers chances to bounce ideas off each other. But to claim that <em>this particular seminar</em> was worthwhile because some teachers got new ideas out of it--ideas which had nothing to do with the advertised purpose--is misleading. (NOTE: Tweet’s comment was probably meant for my post “‘Vacation’ thus far.“)

I don’t know whether you linked to this article as a rebuttal to my article or in an ironic sense. Either way, I’ll say this:

I’m glad Ms. Carr got something out of the collaboration with other teachers. I’m glad Mr. Maki understands the structure of the AP exams better. I know I walked away with a few new ideas from chatting with other teachers. Teacher-teacher and teacher-administrator collaboration is very useful. It’s great to bounce ideas off one another, talk shop and share war stories. Yay!

But this would have happened anyways at any seminar where the presenters were off-topic. Nothing in the Jacksonville.com article rebuts my point: we attended this seminar in order to figure out how to solve Problem X (or at least learn how to better deal with Problem X). The seminar was advertised as a Problem X seminar. We got to the seminar, and Problem X was never addressed–except when the people running the seminar said, “We’ll get to Problem X later.”

The district can easily give teachers chances to bounce ideas off each other. But to claim that this particular seminar was worthwhile because some teachers got new ideas out of it–ideas which had nothing to do with the advertised purpose–is misleading.

]]> By: Tweet http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-117 Tweet Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:58:40 +0000 http://viscariello.com/vdv/2009/07/26/in-case-i-die-of-dehydration-tonight/#comment-117 http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/schools/2009-07-25/story/duval_teachers_get_insight_into_ap_courses From the article: "Carr said she and her colleagues hope the district provides more opportunities for teachers to collaborate on Advanced Placement. "We all walked away saying, 'Oh my gosh, when is the next session?' " she said. "We hope that the district doesn't just let this be it."" http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/schools/2009-07-25/story/duval_teachers_get_insight_into_ap_courses

From the article: “Carr said she and her colleagues hope the district provides more opportunities for teachers to collaborate on Advanced Placement.

“We all walked away saying, ‘Oh my gosh, when is the next session?’ ” she said. “We hope that the district doesn’t just let this be it.”"

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