An interesting view, largely supported by this old, retired man of low intellect.
In my first few years of attending school, I had a slate board and a slate pencil that left a visible mark on the 'Mini Black Board' or slate. That was nearly 70 years ago.
We cleaned the slate board with spit and a finger, neither of which needed replacing and both were free. ps. Apologies if this offends.
Mini White Boards are a tool which can be used brilliantly or badly. Asking if any technique can be done well is possibly the wrong question. The question is, over time, what will get the better results?
Running 10,000 meters a day should unquestionably make me lose more weight than walking 10,000 meters a day.
But, which habit is easier to acquire? Which habit will be easier to sustain? Which one will not affect my appetite and cause me to eat more? A 6 week experiment will pitch one against the other. For most people, the answer will be to walk 10,000 steps a day, although for a few, running will be way more effective.
I suspect that MWB. fall into the latter category - for most teachers they will slow progress down. For the few converts, they'll work. But those converts are not a reason to try to convert everyone. If it can't scale, it won't work.
Totally agree! And so beautifully and compellingly expressed. MWBs are especially needed for my English Learners for this reason: "They’re a rehearsal space — a sandbox — where thought can be externalised, tested, corrected and sharpened before it’s either committed to the page and shared with a wider audience." I have access to large, lined dry erase mats that can function as a multi-sentence sandbox, as I show in this week's post: Second Language Learners Need SOR+ (https://harriettjanetos.substack.com/p/second-language-learners-need-sor?r=5spuf).
An interesting view, largely supported by this old, retired man of low intellect.
In my first few years of attending school, I had a slate board and a slate pencil that left a visible mark on the 'Mini Black Board' or slate. That was nearly 70 years ago.
We cleaned the slate board with spit and a finger, neither of which needed replacing and both were free. ps. Apologies if this offends.
Mini White Boards are a tool which can be used brilliantly or badly. Asking if any technique can be done well is possibly the wrong question. The question is, over time, what will get the better results?
Running 10,000 meters a day should unquestionably make me lose more weight than walking 10,000 meters a day.
But, which habit is easier to acquire? Which habit will be easier to sustain? Which one will not affect my appetite and cause me to eat more? A 6 week experiment will pitch one against the other. For most people, the answer will be to walk 10,000 steps a day, although for a few, running will be way more effective.
I suspect that MWB. fall into the latter category - for most teachers they will slow progress down. For the few converts, they'll work. But those converts are not a reason to try to convert everyone. If it can't scale, it won't work.
Totally agree! And so beautifully and compellingly expressed. MWBs are especially needed for my English Learners for this reason: "They’re a rehearsal space — a sandbox — where thought can be externalised, tested, corrected and sharpened before it’s either committed to the page and shared with a wider audience." I have access to large, lined dry erase mats that can function as a multi-sentence sandbox, as I show in this week's post: Second Language Learners Need SOR+ (https://harriettjanetos.substack.com/p/second-language-learners-need-sor?r=5spuf).