Flipped And/Or Not Flipped?--"靈活互補 傳統教學不能完全翻轉"--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/8968123.shtml

靈活互補 傳統教學不能完全翻轉

【聯合報╱簡麗賢／高中物理教師（台北市）】

2014.09.30 02:34 am

昨日聯合報大篇幅報導，二千多位教師在教師節主動參加教學法研習，令人感動，也藉此自發進修，了解教師對提升教學效能的渴望，這是學生之幸，也是教育進步的動力。

On Flipped Classroom-7_學生創業／要翻轉老師 也要翻轉家長--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E5%89%B5%E6%A5%AD%EF%BC%8F%E8%A6%81%E7%BF%BB%E8%BD%89%E8%80%81%E5%B8%AB%20%E4%B9%9F%E8%A6%81%E7%BF%BB%E8%BD%89%E5%AE%B6%E9%95%B7-8965946.shtml

學生創業／要翻轉老師 也要翻轉家長

【聯合報╱記者黃昭勇／報導】

2014.09.29 10:35 am

教育體制內的葉丙成與補救教育的陶倢，同為一九七三年出生，今年都是四十一歲，都對台灣的教育與未來抱持希望。葉丙成希望用感動做教育改革，讓老師找回自己的教學價值；陶倢相信會發問的學生能夠自主學習，但要給學生足夠的協助資源。

On Flipped Classroom-6_補教名師 用「喀嚓」找知識--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/%E8%A7%80%E9%BB%9E%E4%BA%A4%E9%8B%92%EF%BC%8F%E8%A3%9C%E6%95%99%E5%90%8D%E5%B8%AB%20%E7%94%A8%E3%80%8C%E5%96%80%E5%9A%93%E3%80%8D%E6%89%BE%E7%9F%A5%E8%AD%98-8965961.shtml

觀點交鋒／補教名師 用「喀嚓」找知識

【聯合報╱記者黃昭勇／報導】

2014.09.29 10:35 am

 陶倢，行動問答家KAXA創辦人。提出教育生態圈概念，希望讓退休教師透過智慧手機、平板電腦等工具，幫偏鄉學生改作文、回答問題，讓學生透過發問學習，退休教師變成公益知識家。

On Flipped Classroom-5_觀點交鋒／台大教授 打造學習界臉書--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/%E8%A7%80%E9%BB%9E%E4%BA%A4%E9%8B%92%EF%BC%8F%E5%8F%B0%E5%A4%A7%E6%95%99%E6%8E%88%20%E6%89%93%E9%80%A0%E5%AD%B8%E7%BF%92%E7%95%8C%E8%87%89%E6%9B%B8-8965958.shtml

觀點交鋒／台大教授 打造學習界臉書

【聯合報╱記者黃昭勇／報導】2014.09.29 10:35 am

 葉丙成，台大電機系副教授，運用新科技，在世界知名的Coursera線上開放課程教學平台推出「數學機率課」，在滿是史丹佛名校教授的課程中，一推出就吸引全球兩萬多人報名，持續推動台灣創新教育。

On Flipped Classroom-4_卓憶嵐：母親的熱情 點燃改變教學的火--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/%E5%8D%93%E6%86%B6%E5%B5%90%EF%BC%9A%E6%AF%8D%E8%A6%AA%E7%9A%84%E7%86%B1%E6%83%85%20%E9%BB%9E%E7%87%83%E6%94%B9%E8%AE%8A%E6%95%99%E5%AD%B8%E7%9A%84%E7%81%AB-8965973.shtml

卓憶嵐：母親的熱情 點燃改變教學的火

【聯合報╱記者陳秋雲／台中報導]

2014.09.29 10:35 am

逾兩千兩百名教師自發性參加全天「翻轉教學」研習，活動僅在網站公告半天，報名人數就破千。發起人明德高中國文老師卓憶嵐說，是母親對教育的熱情，引導她改變教學。

On Flipped Classroom-3_官爺鬆手吧 讓教師「翻」更高更好-from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/8965969.shtml

觀察站／官爺鬆手吧 讓教師「翻」更高更好

【聯合報╱本報記者薛荷玉】

2014.09.29 10:35 am

昨天是教師節，二千多位教師們放棄了假日休閒，出席全天「翻轉教室」研習。一張張或許很年輕、或者不再年輕的教師臉孔都訴說著，他們有多渴望投入教育改革的浪潮，成為這場「教室裡的小革命」一份子。教師以教學創新，搶回了教改的主導權。

My comments: In fact, a teacher is one of the few jobs in which they can decide on how they teach and guide their students to learn.

On Flipped Classroom-2_"研習結束淚盈眶「好想設計自己的翻轉教材」"-from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/%E7%A0%94%E7%BF%92%E7%B5%90%E6%9D%9F%E6%B7%9A%E7%9B%88%E7%9C%B6%E3%80%8C%E5%A5%BD%E6%83%B3%E8%A8%AD%E8%A8%88%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E7%BF%BB%E8%BD%89%E6%95%99%E6%9D%90%E3%80%8D-8965967.shtml

研習結束淚盈眶「好想設計自己的翻轉教材」

【聯合報╱記者陳秋雲、祁容玉、王柔婷／連線報導】

2014.09.29 10:35 am

「這是我一生中最感人的教師節。」南投縣國中教師何光申參加完翻轉教學研習，立刻在臉書寫下心得，「下課時，我熱淚盈眶」，希望每年教師節都能參加這樣的研習。

On Flipped Classroom-1_"熱血928 逾2200師自主翻轉學習"--from UDN

A big issue in Taiwan's education.

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT3/8965964.shtml

熱血928 逾2200師自主翻轉學習

【聯合報╱記者陳秋雲／台中報導】

2014.09.29 10:35 am

一群來自全國各地的逾兩千兩百名教師，昨放棄休假，主動參加「翻轉教育」研習，當了一天認真聽講、用心記筆記的學生，過了一個很不一樣的教師節。研習會是台中明德高中主辦，參加的教師從幼教到大學都有，學校活動中心兩層樓座位昨坐得滿滿的，主辦單位形容「這是台灣史上規模最大教師自主研習」。

A Devoted Teacher--"師鐸獎／他月月捐薪 教書17年存款8萬"--from UDN

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=537483

師鐸獎／他月月捐薪 教書17年存款8萬

【聯合報╱記者林秀姿／台北報導】2014/09/27

台灣部分偏鄉風景美得像「香格里拉」仙境，但偏鄉的孩子卻有人一鍋滷菜吃兩周，有人穿著尿騷味的衣服上學。偏鄉學校的教師捐書、捐薪水，甚至散盡家財奉獻一輩子給偏鄉學生，有好幾位昨天獲頒教育部師鐸獎，馬總統特別頒獎表揚他們無私的奉獻。

My comments: Teachers can make a difference in their students' life.

As a Teacher, Do You Do Your Job Well?--"你有活出教師的價值嗎"--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/8962717.shtml

你有活出教師的價值嗎

【聯合報╱李枝桃／國中校長（南投市）】

2014.09.27 02:03 am

應邀到某單位與老師們分享教育心得；茶敘時，聊到教師節學校辦理的活動，其中一位老師抱怨，學校都沒有辦理教師節活動，「感覺好沒價值喔！」

一位老師轉頭問我的想法；我想到前幾天到台東，與以前服務的公東高工老同事餐敘，幾乎清一色年逾半百，大家一見面就興奮的聊白髮有幾許、說退休生活的愉悅、談兒女就業的情況。

Studio in Nature

 



(Made by Annie for me after I sending her a photo at Yangmingshang via LINE)

To celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary on Sep. 28, George and I decided to have some pictures taken. However, instead of having it done in a studio, we did it ourselves at Yangmingshan with the help of a tripod. We took the whole day and it was fun!

Dear Son, Happy Birthday!

Today is my son's birthday. Of course, my husband and I sent him our best wishes via FB private messages and LINE. We even bought a small cake and sang him Happy Birthday song in the evening, though not in his presence. He is studying in the US, far away from us.

Thank You, Annie

This noon I invited Annie (詹麗馨老師) to have lunch to show my gratitude for her timely help with my test item writing.

Friends Often Have You on Their Minds

Yesterday around 6pm, I got a phone call from Po-ching (朱博清), a junior high schoolmate who I just got acquainted with in late April this year. He asked me if I was free because he would like to invite me to eat beef noodles at a schoolmate's restaurant with him and his wife. I said yes and he suggested picking me up between 6:30 and 7pm.

Teach Students How to Cope with Breakups--公民沒教的「分手」課

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI1/8955703.shtml

公民沒教的「分手」課

【聯合報╱黑白集】

2014.09.24 09:48 am

公民課講授四維八德，教大家尊敬長上、友愛兄弟、照顧弱小、當守法國民，卻從未教人們如何好好分手。「台大宅王」張彥文當街將女友亂刀刺死，就是把談戀愛當成了征服情海的戰爭，不知道分手其實也可以很文明。

My comments: School doesn't even offer courses about love. 

Positive Thinking Makes a Big Difference--分手之痛 何不發憤圖強

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/8953186.shtml

高材生情殺／分手之痛 何不發憤圖強

【聯合報╱鄧煌發／中華民國犯罪學學會理事長（新北市）】

2014.09.23 02:02 am

我有一個要好的朋友，是一個科技新貴。現今自信十足、能言善道的他，很難想像當初大學畢業時，竟被嫌木訥，被愛得死去活來的女友拋棄，但他並沒有把怒火發洩在殺害女友或縱火牽連其他無辜等消極作為上，反而把氣憤逆轉為力爭上游的動力，他說：「一定要讓女友後悔，後悔沒有嫁給我！」

My comments: When we think differently, we act differently. As a teaccher, I told my students, "When you are in anger, you'd better not do anything, because

d(o)+ anger = danger."

A Letter from Nobel-Winning Playwright Eugene O’Neill to His Son

How many parents would write a letter like this to their children?

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/15/eugene-oneill-hard-work-letter-to-son/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Nobel-Winning Playwright Eugene O’Neill on Happiness, Hard Work, and Success in a Letter to His Unmotivated Young Son

by Maria Popova

“Any fool knows that to work hard at something you want to accomplish is the only way to be happy.”

My comments: What about helping others? What about seeing a thing of beauty? 

Children's Picture Books at Gutenberg Project

This is another good website for reading, also recommended by the professor mentioned in my yesterday's entry.  You can find the famous stories by the Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens, Beatrix Potter, who wrote the Tale of Peter Rabbit, Mother Goose, etc. It's a pity that among all the books, only Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter and the Tale of Peter Rabbit come in an audio version. Nonetheless, it is a great treasure trove of children's picture books. Just admiring those pictures is an absolute joy.

Children's Literature at Gutenberg Project--a Good Reading Website

This website was recommended to me by a professor who read and gave modification suggestions about an article I had written for Secondary Education, a quarterly journal for secondary school teachers in Taiwan. The website contained a lot of literary works mainly for children, which have been read and loved by adults too, such as Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan," Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol," etc. A few of the stories have the audio version. Check it out and you'll be delighted by what is presented to you.

Master at Least One Language--"王正方／總得掌握一種語言吧！"--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/8945409.shtml

王正方／總得掌握一種語言吧！

【聯合報╱王正方】

2014.09.19 02:13 am

讀到消息一則，教育當局計畫在中小學每周增加一堂語文課，但未決定是英語還是母語。對本地的母語教育所知不多，英語教育嘛，就一言難盡了。

My comments: Language is the foundation of knowledge.

現在台灣的小學一年級生，書包裡就帶著英語課本。不讓孩子輸在起跑點上的父母們，早就送小孩上雙語幼稚園，個個都有英文名字。數十年來台灣舉國上下立志學好英語的決心感人，但是成績如何呢？

Less Is More--"殺警、餿油、吸毒／給孩子愈多愈害他"--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/%E6%AE%BA%E8%AD%A6%E3%80%81%E9%A4%BF%E6%B2%B9%E3%80%81%E5%90%B8%E6%AF%92%EF%BC%8F%E7%B5%A6%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%E6%84%88%E5%A4%9A%E6%84%88%E5%AE%B3%E4%BB%96-8943006.shtml

殺警、餿油、吸毒／給孩子愈多愈害他

【聯合報╱張一民／退休人士（高雄市）】

2014.09.18 01:20 am

殺警案主嫌曾威豪是靠爸族，母誇很乖，其父母「看電視才知道」兒子涉嫌教唆打死警察。

家境富裕，坐擁豪宅、跑車，一般年輕人的財力，根本辦不到！給孩子越多，不是愛他，而是害他。從小衣食無缺，長輩疼愛有加，也因為缺乏困頓、挫折，不懂感恩惜福；因家境富裕，又喜愛炫耀；在涉世未深歷練不足下，易被周遭利用，他想出風頭的個性，更易被牽著鼻子走！此案發生是不幸，但我們社會又學到什麼教訓？

Character Building--"殺警、餿油、吸毒／救救品格教育"--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/8943005.shtml

殺警、餿油、吸毒／救救品格教育

【聯合報╱李振清／大學退休教授（台北市）】

2014.09.18 01:20 am

聯合報十七日「從殺警案看富二代被金錢腐壞的人生」的社論，不但暴露當前不少台灣富家子弟價值觀的扭曲、社會風氣的丕變，更凸顯全民教育的亟需反思與強化。加上餿油風暴、北捷凶殺、年輕名人吸毒等負面新聞不斷浮現國內外媒體，我們亟應檢討，並設法回歸台灣原以自豪的台灣精神，與開創現代化發展奇蹟的品德教育和倫理素養。

"Evernote: For Organizing Your Digital Life"--from TESOL Blog

Evernote was recommended to me long time ago by my former student Joel (簡喬). But I never checked it out. Shame on me! Yesterday while browsing the Net on my smartphone, I came across this TESOL Blog article on this app . Perhaps I should give it a try. Getting organized should also be an important lesson for students to learn.

http://blog.tesol.org/evernote-for-organizing-your-digital-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evernote-for-organizing-your-digital-life&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Evernote: For Organizing Your Digital Life

Posted on 16 September 2014 by Tara Arntsen

Education in Finland--"少即是多！ 芬蘭教育世界教育之冠"

http://mag.udn.com/mag/edu/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=532233

少即是多！ 芬蘭教育世界教育之冠

【文／希平方提供】2014/09/02

在芬蘭，中小學每週上課時數不超過三十小時，但卻能利用最短時間達到最大成效，躋身為世界教育之冠。相較於其餘歐美國家以競爭為基礎的理念，芬蘭教育篤信「少即是多」，不外加壓力，讓孩子在輕鬆的學習環境成長。

My comments: I also believe that kids can learn better in a relaxing atmosphere. When I taught at school, I seldom gave students pressure.

"5 TED Talks Teachers Should Watch With Students"--from Edudemic

TED is one of my favorite websites to recommend to students. During the last few years in my teaching career, I presented some to my senior students once in a while, including Ken Robinson's "How Schools Kill Creativity," Adora Svitak's "What Adults Can Learn from Kids," etc. The five talks listed here were not on my list. I'll watch them in the coming days.

http://www.edudemic.com/ted-talks-teachers-students/

5 TED Talks Teachers Should Watch With Students

By Katie Lepi on May 9, 2014

Topics of Past National English Speech and Writing Contests

This is a webpage at the website of Taichung Municipal Hui-Wen High School. On this page you can find topics of national English speech and writing contests in recent years. What's better, it offers links to the winning essays on "Being a Good Writer" in the 2010 writing contest.

http://www5.hwsh.tc.edu.tw/web/359631/forum/-/message_boards/message/459929#_19_message_459929

"8 Uplifting Quotes For Discouraged Students"--from Edudemic

http://www.edudemic.com/discouraged-students/

8 Uplifting Quotes For Discouraged Students

My comments: In fact, there are 9, Einstein's included.

By nicolettemorrison on September 9, 2014

There are many reasons a student can lose focus in school.

Surprise from a Good Friend

My good friend Annie (詹麗馨老師) is good at giving. Yesterday late afternoon, when I got home from the trip, before leaving for the date with my students, I got a gift package from Annie. I didn't have time to thank her until very late, when I came back from the gathering.

Dating with Our Sweet Girls

(Photo from Lily)

Yesterday, after the trip to nature, I hurried to the date with 6 girls from Class 314, who graduated from NHSH in 2012 and are going on their junior year in college, and their homeroom teacher Lily (張俐俐老師) at one of the girl Yu-ching's home before they go back to school next Monday. Although I sprained my left ankle and left arm a little during the outing in Yangmingshan, eager to see the students, I still went as I promised the day before.

Making Friends with Nature

Yesterday morning I drove four old colleagues and friends to Yangmingshan. According to Mei-chen, Yangmingshan is the coolest place in Taipei in summer. At the restaurant, we came across an old colleague who is also retired. She went there with her reading club members.

Is Teaching an Easy Job?

An old colleague expressed on FB her anger over the remarks made by a graduate to her former teacher sitting next to her.  The student said she'd like to be a teacher because it is an easy job.

A Happy Gathering with Mrs. Huang, a Former Student's Mother

This evening, Mrs. Huang invited me to dinner. Her son graduated from NHSH in 2011, now going on his senior year in college.

What Do We Live for--"洪蘭／做好平凡事 一生不平凡"--from UDN

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/8921784.shtml

洪蘭／做好平凡事 一生不平凡

【聯合報╱洪蘭】

2014.09.08 02:20 am

羅賓威廉斯死訊傳來時，我正在馬來西亞演講，他的「早安越南」是我第一次發現自己的英文可以跟上同學，因為他講的笑話我竟然聽懂了。他是我那個時代的人，他的自殺使我難過好幾天，一直在想，人生的目的是什麼。

My comments: Albert Einstein once said, "Only a life lived for others is a life worth while."

"In pictures: Mid-Autumn Festival"--from BBC

In today's BBC News in Picture, quite a few pictures related to the Moon Festival are displayed. Click the link and go over the pictures. You'll find some surprises! You'll even seen the giant "Moon Rabbit" in Taiwan, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-29106028

In pictures: Mid-Autumn Festival

Taiwan's Cooking Oil Scandal--"Polluted cooking oil in famous Taiwanese stores"--from asiaone news

http://news.asiaone.com/news/soshiok/polluted-cooking-oil-famous-taiwanese-stores

Polluted cooking oil in famous Taiwanese stores

The China Post/Asia News NetworkSaturday, Sep 06, 2014

TAIPEI, Taiwan -The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a list of 235 companies that bought polluted cooking oil products from Chung Guann Co., Ltd. (強冠公司), based on records the company provided yesterday morning. Some well-known traditional snack shops and restaurants are listed.

My comments: I'm really angry about this scandal. How can a company makes making as much money as it can its first priority, at the cost of the health of those who trust it?

Lee Wei's Wedding

This evening, I attended a former student Lee Wei's wedding at Palais de Chine Hotel. He graduated from NHSH around 13 years ago, in 2001.

A Play

Does this scene seem familiar to you? You attend a gathering, say, a class reunion, only to find almost everyone there staring at their smartphone screen. This is a scene in the play I watched this afternoon, at the invitation of Ruo-heng (陳若珩), a former student who graduated from NHSH two years ago.

Annie, Me, and Our Listening Exercise Book 6

In the afternoon, after the gathering with my junior high teacher and schoolmates, I hurried to the afternoon tea with my dear friend Annie and three ladies from Kangxuan.

Happy Gathering

This noon I ate lunch with my junior high schoolmates in Tienmu. In fact, none of them were my classmates in my senior year. This year's April reunion acquainted us with each other! Our chemistry teacher Ms. Lee (李和美老師) also joined us.

Young Explorer--a National Geographic Website for Children

This website was recommended by I Simply Love to Share on FB. It is intended for kids. Each e-storybook is an issue, for example, garden helpers, web weavers, move to live, etc. Each e-book comes with a page turner and recordings. By clicking the recording button before a sentence, the sentence will be read aloud.

http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html

Young Explorer

20 English Phrases That Have Totally Different Meanings In Japan

An interesting article about "Japanese English."

http://www.businessinsider.com/20-english-phrases-only-used-in-japan-2014-8

20 English Phrases That Have Totally Different Meanings In Japan
Andrew Miller, RocketNews24

• Aug.  5, 2014,  2:00PM

How many of you have ever heard of the Japanese word ‘wasei eigo’?

A direct translation into English would be “Japanese-made English”, but put  more simply the word refers to English words that, after a little tampering,  have been adopted into the modern Japanese lexicon and used on an everyday  basis. Despite having their origins in English, wasei  eigo words often have quite different meanings to those on which they  are based.

Class 301 Reunion

 



 

This evening, I attended the reunion of Class 301, one of the three classes that I taught in the last year of my teaching career. I still remember the interaction between them and me in class. Whenever I asked a question, many of them shot their hands into the air, eager to answer the question to win points. They once told me it was due to their sense of honor. Haha! How can I forget them?