Comments on: Karen Cator http://blog.knewton.com/2009/11/23/karen-cator/ An online community of education enthusiasts who work together Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paula Hopkinshttp://blog.knewton.com/2009/11/23/karen-cator/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Paula Hopkins Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:14:02 +0000 http://blog.knewton.com/?p=613#comment-355 Hi!I am so happy that Ms. Cator is going to be very active in decision-making for public schools. I am a Computer Teacher in CT, certified in Educatiion Technology and also Tech Education. I have taught in a couple of schools in CT and found that when it comes to the Educatiional part of Technology, there is a significant problem with not being a focus for students' learning. Hopefully, this will change for the 21st century. Thanks. Hi!

I am so happy that Ms. Cator is going to be very active in decision-making for public schools. I am a Computer Teacher in CT, certified in Educatiion Technology and also Tech Education. I have taught in a couple of schools in CT and found that when it comes to the Educatiional part of Technology, there is a significant problem with not being a focus for students’ learning. Hopefully, this will change for the 21st century. Thanks.

]]> By: Daniel Marcellinihttp://blog.knewton.com/2009/11/23/karen-cator/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Daniel Marcellini Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:07:20 +0000 http://blog.knewton.com/?p=613#comment-354 Seems that this is very much like what we already have gone through. With all due respect to Ms. Cator everyone is just jumping on the proverbial "bandwagon". A few years ago it was Feminist Pedagogy, before that teacher lead classes. What is required is something I call the relational curriculum which is geared to all learning styles and all the teachers in the school districts teach the same material in different ways. E.g., if you are teaching three dimensional geometry as a strand of mathematics why not let the visual arts teacher help out with the design of multiple faces objects and have that grade for your measurement strand. Or for measurement strand and the student has issues of distance have this taught by the Physical Education teacher. They deal with distances and time each and every day. We gear the curriculum to the different gifts of each individual learner. Seems that this is very much like what we already have gone through. With all due respect to Ms. Cator everyone is just jumping on the proverbial “bandwagon”. A few years ago it was Feminist Pedagogy, before that teacher lead classes. What is required is something I call the relational curriculum which is geared to all learning styles and all the teachers in the school districts teach the same material in different ways. E.g., if you are teaching three dimensional geometry as a strand of mathematics why not let the visual arts teacher help out with the design of multiple faces objects and have that grade for your measurement strand. Or for measurement strand and the student has issues of distance have this taught by the Physical Education teacher. They deal with distances and time each and every day. We gear the curriculum to the different gifts of each individual learner.

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