Here's another something from my hometown newspaper, it's called the Times Union. It has a section called Classroom Enrichment. All of it seems really beneficial to the classroom such as giving newspapers to teachers for use in the classroom. Their objective is to "bring the world into the classrom." http://timesunion.com/classroom/
Anyways, there's something on here that made me stop. They say they offer ready to use lesson plans for teachers. I do not have enough information to make an accurate judgement on the actual lesson plans, but just the fact that a teacher can print off a lesson plan seems somewhate wrong to me. The lesson plan doesn't take into account any of the specific details of the specific classroom that the teacher would be using it for. I'm not saying this is a waste of an idea, it just makes me a little wary. I hope that teachers don't look to this offering as a way out of planning their own lessons.
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I agree with you Liz. I don't think that in any circumstance "ready-to-use lesson plans" should be used. Like you said, it doesn't take into account the fact that there are special needs or circumstances in that particular class. It treats every classroom as a generality.
I think it is a great idea to have the readiness of lesson plans to look at. Just like reading the daily paper teachers get the oppurtunity to read lesson plans that teachers have actually tried or thought about trying. I am not saying that teachers should photocopy these plans and use them that morning. But just think about it in our generation. Wouldn't it be so great to have the oppurtunity to watch critical ped lesson plans on youtube from all over the world.
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