Can Whole Brain Teaching be used in a high school setting? Here are some concerned comments I’ve pulled off the WBT Forum. “I like what I’ve seen so far with WBT but can see how older kids might think it’s beneath them.“ “I like the idea behind this educational approach but I’m a little concerned that these techniques will be “too young” for my students.“ “ I’m very very VERY nervous about student ‘buy-in,’ particularly at the beginning of the year.” “My concern is that high school students would find this technique too silly and ridiculous… high schoolers are “insanely”… Read More
WBT Live Chat!
The wonderful Nancy Stoltenberg, Director of WBT Certification, has asked myself and my lovely blogging colleagues Misty and Melissa to be part of tonight’s WBT Live Chat! In addition to discussion about the new WBT Grade Level Facebook team challenge we will be helping answer any of your WBT Blogging questions. Join us TONIGHT for a WBT Live Chat (text only, no video this time). Here is the newsletter invite sent out by Coach B: To meet grade level teammates live, join Nancy Stoltenberg, Director of WBT Certification, this Tuesday, July 10 for a special, text only, electronic get together… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! Gestures
“Signs are to eyes what words are to ears. “- Ken Glickman At the core of many WBT strategies is the use of hand gestures while teaching to solidify main concepts/idea/vocabulary. If you have ever watched any of Chris Biffle’s lesson videos on the WBT website or their YouTube Channel you’ll notice that he gestures almost the entire time he speaks! Before we go any further, I want to clarify that WBT encourages the incorporation of effective iconic/representational and metaphoric gestures that are meant to portray a thought or idea as compared to deictic gestures that are used in pointing. What I’ve… Read More
WBT Certification Update!
So a week has gone by since I shared that I am working my way towards becoming an official Whole Brain Teaching Certified Instructor and I am happy to say that it is going AMAZING! If you are new to my blog, I blog every Wednesday in a post called Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday. These posts cover everything from my experiences with WBT in the classroom and how WBT strategies relate to what I am learning in my university courses to information on specific WBT strategies and how they work in the classroom. Turns out, these posts are exactly the… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! WBT Certification Program
Want to be certified as an official Whole Brain Teaching Certified Instructor? Then the Whole Brain Teaching Certification program is for you! Unfortunately, I haven’t really been on the ball with this program quite yet, although I’ve been enviously watching everyone else post about it regularly this summer. For some reason my computer or internet connection would not format either the live web casts by Mr. Biffle or the WBT Certification PDF so I was left with minimal information. But that is all in the past now because the wonderful Director of WBT Certification, Nancy Stoltenberg, has set me… Read More