Reading Reflection #9

Let Students Lead! Exactly. Kids are more capable than any given amount of adults out there. They retain so much and have such an imagination. We teach them to be independent but we keep them from exploring things they are interested in. Elise Mueller really took advantage and gave her students complete creative control of their own learning. If we give them control they are not going to disappoint and you better believe we're all going to learn something from them. She allowed her student to connect with someone who had something very important in common with her and many other students will benefit from Mueller expanding her classroom. Jeff Whipple's experience with other classes outside of his classroom and school walls was truly magnificent! It's amazing what technology can do and who it can connect you with. The students got to connect with the author of the novel they were reading and he answered all of the questions they had through a blog! Lisa Parisi is the host of DENchat on Twitter that connects discovery educator network teachers with others about the topics everyone is interested in. I followed the chat! And that's me connecting!