Richard Byrne's Website - Explaining through Visual Aids

I looked at the article on Richard Byrne's website that focused on DNA being explained visually. I teach English, so clearly the DNA model has nothing to do with my classroom. However, I do feel that reaching out to students through visual aids (such as this video) is a great way to meet certain needs of students. I would like to be able to create something like this for my classroom. I have a lot of lessons that focus on character analysis. While it's great to read about different characters, being able to visually see the differences would be a great tool for my classroom. I realize that these videos typically cost money to create -- or take an extensive amount of knowledge to create -- but this is something that would be a great asset to our building if SOMEONE had the capability of creating it. I think that in the future we will be looking at a lot more of these videos in our classroom as our learners are becoming more and more dependent on technology.

TedTalk

This TedTalk video is by Ken Robinson. He speaks about how to escape education's "Death Valley". While watching this video, I realized that it was like most of his other speeches. He always talks about new ways to teach our students. He encourages us to find what our students are good at. Every student is an expert at something. Whether that's video games, literature, or sports, they have something that they can bring to the table. This video inspired me to find that something in every one of my students. I have a pretty good relationship with my class, but there are a few students who are hard to crack. I'm going to make it a goal for myself to find out what sparks those students, and I will challenge myself to teach to their strengths.