If your kids did not have to be in class, would you be teaching to an empty room?
On May 22, 2013, we will have Teach Like a PIRATE Day to attempt to answer that question.
Here are a few of my observations:
The kids are excited. I am talking about kids that normally could not care less about coming to school. They are more curious than anything.
The teaching staff is nervously excited. Some have already come up with some creative experiences for that day. Others are still figuring it out. Sadly, a few have the attitude that it will be a free day for them if no kids show up.
The kids think it is pretty cool that the author of the book, Dave Burgess, has been communicating with me and is very interested in how this turns out.
Below is a short promo video to get everyone excited about the day, being dubbed on Twitter as the #tlapexperiment.
What an awesome day this will be for both the teachers and the students! I can't wait to read more about it! Thanks for thinking out of the box!
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