Meme: Passion Quilt

I would like to thank kwhobbes for tagging me for the passion quilt. It has been many years since I actually have taken a photo so I had to resort to finding an image from the internet.

I believe that there are a number of factors that influence the success of any student. Similar to how there are a number of different factors that influence the success of any particular golf swing. When the pieces come together, it is a beautiful thing - whether it is the perfect shot in golf or that light bulb moment of learning when everything makes sense and you feel like you can conquer the world. However, we have all had our days when we feel that we will never understand what is happening. Regardless of whether we are talking about education or golf, there is only one thing that will make us better - PRACTICE!

So the next time your students are writing an exam or you have called upon a student to answer a question, ask yourself what thoughts and doubts are going through their mind as they try and put together the answer they perceive that you want.

Now I have to choose five people from my twitter/social network to continue on the quilt. I will apologize in advance but I will select Corey Terry, Dean Miezianko, Todd Volk, Tammy Sillers, and Luis. The rules are below.

The meme works as follows: The rules are simple.
1. Think about what you are passionate about teaching your students.
2. Post a picture from a source like FlickrCC or Flickr Creative Commons or make/take your own that captures what YOU are most passionate about for kids to learn about…and give your picture a short title.
3. Title your blog post “Meme: Passion Quilt” and link back to this blog entry.
4. Include links to 5 folks in your professional learning network or whom you follow on Twitter/Pownce.

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