Yeah, so we've all heard the
BS about the "new
philosophy for education" and crap like that. Boy, am I sick of it. Teachers have told me that they're sick of it. I bet you're sick of it too. Unfortunately, there really isn't much we can do to
change this
puke-worthy trend in
primary and
secondary education. So we might as well have some fun with it! So, without further
ado, I am proud to present:
Modern Educator Buzzword Bingo!!!
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| content | collaborative| key | goal | quality |
| standard | worker | learning | oriented | producer |
|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|
| | | | | |
| reteaching | workshop | learning | product | dynamic |
| | | results | descriptor | learner |
|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|
| | | | | |
| topic | creative | BONUS | learning | behavioral |
| reinforcement| thinker | SPACE | styles | skills |
|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|
| | | | | |
| schedule | intellectual | lifelong |educational | heterogenous |
| management | curiosity | learner |responsibility| grouping |
|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|
| | creative | | | |
| independent | problem | skill | positive | effective |
| thinker | solving | building | feedback | communicator |
|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|
Take the game board above, copy it into a text editor, set it in a monospaced font such Courier, and then print it out. Take it to your local educational institution, preferably a middle school or high school. Each time you see one of the terms on the board, or hear an educator talk about it, check it off along with the date you saw it. 5 in a row wins, in any direction.
Send all winning boards to matt@damnsw.net. I will update this node with winners as they are emailed to me.
Have fun and good luck!