Making changes seem to bring out the worst in students, today we switched from Microsoft Word to Excel in Computer Applications. The students made it seems like the world was going to end, they did not even give it a chance and they were talking about how much they hate it and how they wanted to go back and work in Word. This was the first ten minutes of class, once I got them settled down and working they seemed to pick up the step very quick. At the end of class most did that they enjoy Excel more that Word. If that is so what is the deal with the backlash at the beginning all about? I am not sure what I could have done to prepare them, I told them the day before that we were going to be switching programs. In Teaching with Love and Logic it talks about not helping the student until they have at least tried but today they were not really interested in trying something new. I was up front with them, they knew we were going to change programs I think that is all I could do. Next time I might even talk about what we are going to switch to and why you might need this new program in daily life the day before we start.
The future depends on what we do in the present.
Mahatma Gandhi
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