Funded by National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellows Program in K-12 Education (GK-12) DGE 0538555

Thanks for giving me the Opportunity to teach delcastleKids… To Respect Mah Authoritay!

Or:Whose bright idea was it to let me nearImpressionable kids???!!!

Blah BlahClassroom Techniques [spare the rod…]

Deal with parents [spare the rod…]

Juggle the administrators … [rod]

I have… a Vision… a Scheme… A dream!!That all kids can be motivated to learn!

-Lifeboat theory-Competition

That We teachers can sneak by with lessPaper work!

-Kids teach themselves

That we can teach to the highest commonDenominator!! …fly in 4 U george

-“If the Sun were the size of a ping pong ball…”-Flag Pole Challenge-Big ‘Mo’ Challenge-Bus of Doom

Troglodyte killer

-Balloon Race!-Marble Launcher-Big Bertha-Great Adventure

Kevin In the end… did it work?

YES!! Of course IT WORKED PERFECTLY BEST AMAZINGLYNESS!!

… small fee to learn more.

Conclusions:

1)Create reality-tv style competition2) Make challenges ridiculously hard for kids.3) ??????4) profit!!

-Motivate?

-Reduce paper work?

-Did the kids teach Themselves?