I saw a tweet from David B. Cohen about the #SaidNoTeacherEver hashtag, and just had to bring a few of them together here….I think, though I’m not sure, that John Spencer got it rolling…. Here’s just a sampling (I’m using Storify to collect them):
As an introductory activity, I have students in all of my classes create “Who Am I?” posters which they then share “speed-dating” style (linking up in rows, show and share, and then one row moves to the right — or left — and does it again and so on). It seems to go well, and I thought readers might find it useful to see the model I use for them (as you can see, I hold few artistic aspirations ):