This was a fun video. A lot of facts (are they?) that I didn't know. But I have to say that what comes out of my mouth is not always the only teaching that goes on in the school. For example:
Testing.....teaches patience, resposibility, time on task
PepRallies, Assemblies....give new information, enlighten us to our peers endeavours
Substitute Teachers....teach children to love their teacher (the sub is bad) or hate their teacher (the sub was better) and the limits of what they can get away with.
Honestly, all experiences are a place to learn. They aren't written in the NJCCCS but we as humans do learn from this. The sad thing is the realization that I only have 65 days to teach all I want to teach. How that video has changed me is that I will now take time to really work with the kids to help them understand what we are covering. The idea of "busy work" needs to be revisited and classwork with true value to the students now needs to be put in it's place.
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It's interesting that although we just realized that we only teach for 67 days, we have been doing this for a long time. Yet, now we feel as if we need to approach things differently. How about very successful districts? Would they need to change anything if their students have a high level of achievement? Perhaps all we really need is 67 days. Think about Prensky Challenge - can students learn all they need to know to successfully passed the standardized test in one marking period? I think this video not only shows that it's possible, but also, that many students have been doing it.
I agree with you that all the activities in a school can be seen as learning situations, but I wonder if this would apply to poorer schools? Take the fire drills, bomb threats, the closings for renovation or pesticide cleanup -those are obviously not something a child should have to learn from.
Also, children do get so much extra-curricula activites outside of school therefore why should more social activities be needed in school, when the primarly aim should be learning?
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