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Disposition

I believe that disposition is an extremely important part of teaching. As Bob mentions in his post, everyone seems to be in agreement that such an assessment should take place and is a valuable part of evaluating teachers, however there has yet to be a consistent set of criterion on which to base these assesments. I know that growing up I had teachers that had terrible dispositions, some I was pretty sure hated kids and hated their jobs. I think how you teach the material is just as important as the material itself. I think having a disposition rubric within the MAT is important in order to monitor where everyone is now and help those that may need it before they become teachers.

Chapter 3

In Chapter three Richardson goes through the important first steps in setting up and using blogs within the classroom. He offers a lot of good advice about the importance of becomming familar with the technology before beginning to include students in the process. I also think it was important to note that some service packages require increased technical support that some schools may not have access to. Blogging can be incorporated in a variety of ways into the classroom and I beleive that it is important to begin getting teachers involved in this and other web 2.0 technologies.

Amazing Video for Sony Executives

Wow

This is an amazing video that really shows how integrated our society is with technology. Although this class is new to JWU's MAT program I am sure that it is here to stay. Technology is not just a resource it forces people to think outside the box. Watch this video!
http://matblog-jwu.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-video-was-created-for-sony.html