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 [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned on Feb 23rd, 2008 11 Comments »
As in many “At Risk” or Title 1 schools, my school (with the exception of a few teachers) stopped teaching Science and Social Studies and made art only something you do on special occasions like Christmas or Valentines Day - to focus entirely on “Literacy” and math. This was pretty much universally true in the [...]
Posted in Humor, Lessons Learned, Policy, Practice, Uncategorized, technology on Feb 13th, 2008 3 Comments »
Many bloggers have written complaining about teachers not using technology in their classrooms. Rather than complain, Jeff Utecht’s recent post on “Evaluating Technology Use” established a rubric for evaluating technology use. But what if you are a new teacher or you aren’t using technology in your classroom now? It’s not reasonable to expect that you’re [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned, Practice, technology on Jan 6th, 2008 10 Comments »
My class has been involved in a 1:1 laptop pilot for about a year now (as 4th and now 5th graders). There have been certain advantages to being the “Lone Ranger” in this endeavor. I fly “under the radar,” because this is not a grant driven project. Its something we are doing [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned, Practice on Dec 31st, 2007 4 Comments »
cross-posted from Creating Lifelong Learners
Listening to one teacher talk for six hours a day can be boring for anyone. If you have limited English language experience, as many Title I students do, it can be torturous and incomprehensible. Rather than bemoan students’ lack of interest, how about changing your act? You can make content [...]
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