February 19, 2011Shelly Terrell

Goal 15: Be A Guide #30Goals

Goal 15 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2011

“I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”~ Albert Einstein

Goal

Short-term– List what you believe are the characteristics of a guide. What does a guide do? What will you have to change to become a better guide?
Long-term– Begin to implement weekly at least one way to become a better guide from the list you’ve developed.

Mentions!

Challenge:

List what you believe are the characteristics of a guide. What does a guide do? What will you have to change to become a better guide?

Did you reflect on this goal? Please leave a comment that you accomplished this goal by either posting your own video reflection on Youtube, using the hashtag #30Goals, posting on the 30 Goals Facebook group, adding a post to the 43 Things web/mobile app, or adding a comment below! Feel free to subscribe to The 30 Goals podcast!

Keep an eye out for the book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators, that will be published by Eye on Education in the Fall of 2011!

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Shelly Terrell

Shelly Sanchez Terrell is a teacher trainer, instructional designer, adjunct professor, and the author of The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers: Small Steps to Transform Your Teaching and Learning to Go: Lesson Ideas for Teaching with Mobile Devices, Cell Phones and BYOT. She has been recognized by the ELTon Awards, The New York Times, the Ministry of Education in Spain, and Microsoft’s Heroes for Education as an innovator in the movement of teacher-driven professional development and education technology. Recently, she was named Woman of the Year 2014 by Star Jone’s National Association of Professional Women and awarded a Bammy Award as a founder of #Edchat, the Twitter chat that spurred over 400 teacher chats. She has trained teachers and taught learners in over 25 countries and has consulted with organizations worldwide such as UNESCO Bangkok, The European Union aPLaNet Project, Cultura Iglesa of Brazil, the British Council in Tel Aviv, IATEFL Slovenia, HUPE Croatia, and VenTESOL. She shares regularly via TeacherRebootCamp.com, Twitter (@ShellTerrell), and Facebook.com/shellyterrell. Her greatest joy is being the mother of Rosco the pug.

6 comments

  3. I find that this is a good goal for students as well, I try to foster an environment where they can be guides in the classroom as well. Thank you for continuing to challenge us Shelly!

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