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On 8/17/15, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote:
> When a teacher abdicates structuring a
classroom,structure
> is left to the student. - Harry K. Wong (Click below to
read
> the article)

I have to say that I was disappointed to see that this
article is 15 years old. I was hoping for something new
when I clicked on it. On the other hand, it's nice to be
reminded of how much has changed in those 15 years. My
first thought while reading the article (before I noticed
the date) was that it did seem outdated!. The idea of
letting students sit and talk or wander while taking roll
is actually a startling one today; I haven't seen or heard
of that happening in a classroom in a long time. Even if
there's not a standard "do this when you arrive" routine,
the procedure is usually to get kids started on something
before taking roll. (The fact that it's done on the
computer now probably helps; 15 years ago roll had to be
done at the beginning of the class period because someone
was going to come by and pick up the roll sheet near the
beginning of class and it had to be done when they
arrived... now it's computerized and just has to be
submitted by the end of the period so there is less
emphasis on taking roll "first thing" each period; it can
be taken at any point in the period when kids are working
independently).

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