Episode 105: A Conversation with Clarence Fisher
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It was a cold wintry evening in Saskatoon, Saskatewan, walking to a nice Italian place with Clarence Fisher. I frankly can’t remember a more comfortable meal with conversation — and I think it had to do with the fact that Clarence and I both came from very small towns.
At any rate, after we finished our meals and listened to the expert recitation of the restaurant’s desert menu — focusing on the chocolate dishes (and resisting the temptation), I asked Clarence about the presentation that he and Dean Sharesky, Kathy Cassidy, and Darren Kuripatua had done at the iTSummit — Telling the New Story.
One of the ideas that Clarence shared that resonated with me was about how he has his own students do their quarterly reading evaluations. This is important, because to switches the responsibility to the student. Their learning contract becomes an arrangement with themselves, rather than a responsibility to the teacher. They are owning their learning, when they work on their own terms.
Enjoy!
Add comment March 31st, 2009
I have been a podcaster since January, 2005, but an educator since deep into the last century. Welcome to my microphone, and some outside the box ideas about classrooms, teaching, and learning in the 21st century.
