Authenticity: How do you know where your limits are for expressing authenticity? How can students tell if a teacher is not authentic? What are the ramifications for learning if a teacher is seen as a "fake" or not authentic with students?
I think it is great having new ideas, thinking of new ways to learn and explore a topic, but when does expressing authenticity go to far. Authenticity is great in a classroom as long as it is serving a purpose, is it helping students learn new ways and fostering more great ideas or is it distracting from the main point of the lesson. If students begin to see there teacher as not authentic and genuine they will probably not pay much attention to what the teacher has to say. Kids are usually very attentive to the character of a person and will likely be able to tell when a teacher is not being authentic.
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