Knowing Your Audience
In my second day at graduate school, my education professor gave my class advice that was very simple but memorable. He said, “A great teacher is like a great entertainer, you need to know your audience.” Later that day while I was sitting on the Q train heading home after class, I thought about what my professor said and looked back at my experiences as a NYC public school student; I had several exceptional teachers in elementary and middle school, but when I thought back to
Westworld, This World, and the Future of Education
WARNING: This post contains spoilers for all current episodes of HBO’s Westworld. I recently attended the ASU+GSV Leadership Summit in San Diego, California, a conference about innovation in education in schools and the workplace and the role technology will play in the future. I left feeling inspired and excited about the implications for my job as an English teacher. Then, just a few days later, the second season of Westworld premiered - and things looks pretty dire. Throug