Posted in Lessons Learned on Jul 2nd, 2008 3 Comments »
Normally, I write posts like this on my own blog, but this was the blog I was thinking of in many of the conversations that led to this post, so I’m putting it here. I am now in the midst of NECC, an international education technology conference.
Last night was fantastic, I was out on the [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned, Research on Apr 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
I spent today in a Lesson Study. My school district has adopted this model for Professional Development. I am not exactly sure how it relates to Japanese Lesson Study. Most of our training has centered around curricular programs and how they are implemented. One of the ideas that we have experimented with in our school [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned, Web 2.0, technology on Mar 21st, 2008 4 Comments »
I’m a big fan of technology and web 2.0 opportunities. My students have their own blogs and we have several class wikis (all in Blackboard because that’s our county’s system). We have a class delicious site with a growing number of links, some of which relate to our curriculum and some that don’t. They’re learning [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned, Practice, Research, Theory on Mar 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
Reading comprehension tends to be an area in need of improvement in many schools with high concentrations of English Language Learners, Standard English Learners, and even some “high performing” schools admit that students can read but they don’t know what they’re reading. We tend to teach the same way we’ve been taught. However, [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned on Feb 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Revisiting posts by myself and others about teaching using scripts, and teaching general, Doug Noon fleshes out my arguments (not original) that no script can take the place of a professional educator in Borderland » Blog Archive » The Right Way to Teach
It reminded me of an earlier post here by Mathew Needleman: » Letter [...]
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