{"id":47,"date":"2017-09-07T14:40:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T18:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=47"},"modified":"2017-09-09T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T18:15:50","slug":"how-do-you-want-to-be-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2017\/09\/how-do-you-want-to-be-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you want to be remembered?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_3720-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_3720.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_3720.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_3720.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_3720.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_3720.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is one thing all exemplary teachers have in common: their students remember them. Now, we can all name at least some of our school teachers, but can you think of anything amazing you did in the class? For some teachers you cannot. But many of the best teachers had something that really struck your interest.<\/p>\n<p>I think back to my high school days and there are three projects that I distinctly remember. The first was freshman year biology. The teacher gave us the opportunity to create a new species using the process of natural selection. Now this is before I fully understood natural selection, but this was by far one of my favorite project I did in high school because it was fun and I had freedom to do what I wanted.<\/p>\n<p><em>So what does it really mean to be an exemplary teacher?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2017\/09\/f22d2d863f4677fb0607b378418c852d-300x172.jpg?resize=300%2C172\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/f22d2d863f4677fb0607b378418c852d.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/f22d2d863f4677fb0607b378418c852d.jpg?w=416&amp;ssl=1 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teacher Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foster student curiosity and wonder by being curious yourself! If they see you being really interested in something, they will want to know what makes it so special.<\/li>\n<li>Students need 4-8 experiences with a topic before they fully understand it. These experiences can, and should, be different and interesting!<\/li>\n<li>Help the students find something in your subject area that they love. Not all kids are going to love biology, but maybe they will learn to appreciate marine life or decomposers and have that love for the rest of their lives.<\/li>\n<li>Help them see science in the real world. Expose them to current day scientists and minorities in science so they all can see someone like them doing science.<\/li>\n<li>Make science fun! Middle school into high school is when students learn that science is boring and hard. Science teachers should help keep students interested by using exciting activities and lessons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your teacher asks which is longer, the frog or its intestines&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/doingislearning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#doingislearning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/frogdissection?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#frogdissection<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spartansmart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#spartansmart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EToxosCeF7\">pic.twitter.com\/EToxosCeF7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corey Mullins (@BioTeachMullins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BioTeachMullins\/status\/867775507332575232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Exemplary Teaching Activities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take students out in nature.<\/li>\n<li>Take students to local zoos, aquarium or nature centers.<\/li>\n<li>Give them guidelines for a project, but let them decide how they are going to accomplish it.<\/li>\n<li>Give them multiple options on how to demonstrate their learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s rethink the formula for education. XQ Super School Live airs September 8. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XQLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XQLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GMs5zVuS7q\">https:\/\/t.co\/GMs5zVuS7q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X5hoL6N9kn\">pic.twitter.com\/X5hoL6N9kn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; XQ (@XQAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XQAmerica\/status\/905551199385960448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Teaching does not have to be all lectures and teacher led activities. As a teacher, you should be excited to engage your students with something interesting every day.<\/p>\n<p>I leave you with one question: how do you want to be remembered as a teacher?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2017\/09\/Going-through-the-motions-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/Going-through-the-motions.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/Going-through-the-motions.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/Going-through-the-motions.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2017\/09\/Going-through-the-motions.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>There is one thing all exemplary teachers have in common: their students remember them. 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