Excellent post! I loved Everything is Tuberculosis; it was tragic and beautifully written. I’m definitely going to use your John Green TED talk lesson for my students next year. Thanks for sharing!
Sometimes the metaphor goes over their heads, so I have to give an example of my "personal map." I love how he talks about schools and classrooms as learning communities though - kids will get that for sure :)
For sure! I’ll probably only show them a few clips from the talk. I’m thinking of creating a personal learning map for students to fill in and color. I’m thinking of some sort of map where students can draw out their personal interests in some sort of connected web. I’ll definitely share!
Thanks for sharing-this was so interesting! I remember during Covid and my daughter had to watch John Green’s Crashcourse lessons that her teacher would assign online. I enjoyed them so much I would tell her to come find me so we could watch them together. Now I have another book to add to my summer read list-thank you!
He writes the scripts with his high school history teacher! Isn't that the best? I always tell my students that if they get YouTube famous and need a script writer, to remember who their history teacher is! Me!
Thanks for this. I love John Green too. Coincidentally, I was just watching a show on the Brontë sisters - two of them died of T. It was so common! The funding issue drives me mad. I’ve been waiting to read this book from the library but maybe I just need to buy it! Great post 👍
Love your human scale assessment of both tuberculosis treatment and education. It always shocks me how people can’t quite get the impact of personalization-everyone wants to see themselves as unique but somehow think they can treat others en masse; also planning to read more John Green now! 😊
Excellent post! I loved Everything is Tuberculosis; it was tragic and beautifully written. I’m definitely going to use your John Green TED talk lesson for my students next year. Thanks for sharing!
Sometimes the metaphor goes over their heads, so I have to give an example of my "personal map." I love how he talks about schools and classrooms as learning communities though - kids will get that for sure :)
For sure! I’ll probably only show them a few clips from the talk. I’m thinking of creating a personal learning map for students to fill in and color. I’m thinking of some sort of map where students can draw out their personal interests in some sort of connected web. I’ll definitely share!
Thanks for sharing-this was so interesting! I remember during Covid and my daughter had to watch John Green’s Crashcourse lessons that her teacher would assign online. I enjoyed them so much I would tell her to come find me so we could watch them together. Now I have another book to add to my summer read list-thank you!
He writes the scripts with his high school history teacher! Isn't that the best? I always tell my students that if they get YouTube famous and need a script writer, to remember who their history teacher is! Me!
That's so cool and inspiring. I knew he wrote The Fault In Our Stars but had no idea about the other aspects of his teaching and activism.
Plus he sells socks! The man does everything :)
Thanks for this. I love John Green too. Coincidentally, I was just watching a show on the Brontë sisters - two of them died of T. It was so common! The funding issue drives me mad. I’ve been waiting to read this book from the library but maybe I just need to buy it! Great post 👍
Yup, the Brontë sisters are mentioned in the book too. The book is so good and such a quick read.
Love your human scale assessment of both tuberculosis treatment and education. It always shocks me how people can’t quite get the impact of personalization-everyone wants to see themselves as unique but somehow think they can treat others en masse; also planning to read more John Green now! 😊
Too bad he's never written middle grade (that's what you write, right?) Maybe someday!