Comments on: Why so slow, Joe? http://www.james-greenwood.com/2009/04/16/why-so-slow-joe/ passionate about education & technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.james-greenwood.com/2009/04/16/why-so-slow-joe/comment-page-1/#comment-6 James Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:57:42 +0000 http://www.james-greenwood.com/?p=9#comment-6 Hehe, I was actually coming at it from the other angle - my knowledge of computer innovation didn't stop with Cobol, like my old (yet excellent) IT teacher. But you're right, I'm cautiously getting to grips with innovation... I want to know I can teach properly before I start trying to break the mould. Running before you can walk doesn't seem like the way to go with teaching ;) Hehe, I was actually coming at it from the other angle – my knowledge of computer innovation didn’t stop with Cobol, like my old (yet excellent) IT teacher.

But you’re right, I’m cautiously getting to grips with innovation… I want to know I can teach properly before I start trying to break the mould. Running before you can walk doesn’t seem like the way to go with teaching ;)

]]> By: Happy Hippy http://www.james-greenwood.com/2009/04/16/why-so-slow-joe/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Happy Hippy Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:52:32 +0000 http://www.james-greenwood.com/?p=9#comment-5 To answer the question in the title: "in fairness I only qualified last year" The first year or two is really about learning to teach, learning to plan, learning how to teach when the plan doesn't work and all the things that a PGCE (or SCITT) can help prepare you for but not really teach you. Once you get that sorted, then it's time to start pushing the boundaries a little - so don't beat yourself up about that. I (and a lot of other technologically minded teachers) went through a similar process and with a similar timescale. Heck, I've only been tweeting since January and I'm in full flow! To answer the question in the title:
“in fairness I only qualified last year”

The first year or two is really about learning to teach, learning to plan, learning how to teach when the plan doesn’t work and all the things that a PGCE (or SCITT) can help prepare you for but not really teach you.

Once you get that sorted, then it’s time to start pushing the boundaries a little – so don’t beat yourself up about that. I (and a lot of other technologically minded teachers) went through a similar process and with a similar timescale. Heck, I’ve only been tweeting since January and I’m in full flow!

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