C4T #4 Summary

Mr. Kruse wrote a letter to Mr. Branstad expressing how he felt that the STEM council was made up less than 25% of educators. Also Mr. Kruse feels that Mr. Branstad's action speak louder than words, he said " Your actions speak louder than words. Your actions say you are more interested in pleasing business than helping kids." I really enjoyed what Mr. Kruse said about the buisness people. "If business leaders want to improve workplace efficiency, they bring in a workplace efficiency consultant. Yet, you’ve called in non-experts to “fix” something they know nothing about. If business leaders want a high quality workforce based on a high quality education, they should recognize that they are not the experts we need." To me this show that Mr. Kruse really cares about the students. In my comment to him, I stated that it was nice to know that he really cares about the students and how we need more educators like him in the education systems.

The Hype Cycle

Mr. Kruse is a very outspoken person, he likes to express his opinion in any way to get his point across. Mr. Kruse post on The Hype Cycle really got me to think about how some teachers only go so far to get a point across, but the outstanding teachers put more into it. I really liked what Mr. Kruse said about how "an effective teacher can’t then notice an anomaly and ask just the right question at just the right time to stimulate that child’s interest and push their thinking deeper than if the student simply followed the directions." Good teachers will teach with the new tools that are being offered, but a teacher who is stuck in the pass may not have the right skills to teach in this day and age. Like Mr. Kruse said, a good teacher will adjust and bad teacher will stick to the same old habits.