What Will I Do to Create Change?

The following will be in response to Kallas's blog post. I will also be referring to the article 8 Things To Look For in Today's Classroom.

In the Ted Talk video George Couros challenges the teacher to use their voice and their student's voice to share how you are changing Education. He leaves the listeners with one question...
"Will you be teaching for yesterday or tomorrow?"

Throughout my 13 years of education I have had some amazing teachers. But one that comes to mind for not following the eight rules has had a negative impact on his class.

• He would give the students the answers to quizzes and test giving us no reason to think for our self. 
• He would also give us printed out notes (if we had notes) which did not aid in retaining any information.
• The most inappropriate thing he did was take away our voice. If we had a class discussion it turned into a lecture, and when a student tried to speak he shoot down out whatever we had to say. 

His classroom was very much the teacher first then the students, but because teachers like him I inspire to have more for my future classroom. I want to teacher for the students of today. I want to inspire their learning in and out of the classroom. I not only want them to be excited about learning but excited about life.

• Their voice matters! I would rather have my classroom in a dispute everyday over some topic than have then sit quietly at their desk. I will encourage them to voice their own thoughts and listen and respect others thoughts.
• I want to challenge their world. I want to make them begin to second guess everything they have seen, or heard so they can learn to be critical thinkers and think for themselves. I do not want my class to just "trust the teacher" and "agree with what they say", I want them to question EVERYTHING! Only through questioning can they develop their own thoughts and begin to think for themselves. 
• I want to give my students multiples views. I will bring in different people for the same subject so they can receive a variety of views outside of my own.