I listened to a different podcast from the Ed Tech Talk website this week. This podcast was called 21st Century Learning. You can listen to the podcast here.
This podcast was discussing a webinar and book about the topic of creating energy, space and time in your life. Mainly, this topic deals optimal performance in your life. It talks about designing your life to be your best self at work, but also at home and just in life in general.
They talk about how timeliness is so important in your life, especially in your workplace. I believe that this is so true. I hate waiting around for classes to start, and I also hate when a teacher is still lecturing to you even after class was supposed to end.
The podcast speakers were talking about how they have applied this book to their lives. They are getting more sleep and going to be at a decent time.
A key point they make is that people can only intensely work for 90 minutes straight before they need a break. I think that this is true, but I think that the time limit is way less for a teenager. I think that teachers need to make sure their students stay in motion during class, especially if the class is on a block schedule.
I think these are simple things teachers and students should be doing. Teachers should come to class with the mindset that they will be educational, and if they do that... then student will come to class expecting to work. They will know that their time won't be wasted, and that the will be expected to participate in class.
They book they were talking about was by Tony Swartz and it is called: The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance.
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