Having grown up in the time Sputnik, and now working with rural schools I can understand some of that emotion Milliron must have felt as he had to close what were probably effective one-room schoolhouses. Sadly, reading the review I was reminded of…
I start every group by asking about them and telling them about myself, yes the memoir! I have some questions that I have worked on for the last 15 years, like what type of music do you like, who do you live with, what pets do you have, what media d…
Sarah Polda-
I taught 6th grade then started working with writing projects and had to adapt all my work to upper grade levels. The lessons don't change, just the examples that you use with them. What readings will they be doing, or what do they read…
nurturing peer-to-peer interactions- I am priviledged enough to be a part of my former students interactions on Facebook.
I retired from a university position early for various reasons. Some of these students are currently teachers, some just gradu…
I don't have one, seriously want one, my son who is not a teacher and makes more money than I do has one. Maybe for Christmas :-)
But I digress, I have investigated his. Our family are voracious readers, 1-3 books a week and my son's wife said too m…
MIT university is trying to build a free resource to help kids learn SAT/ACT thru the power of user-generated images and video. We are currently running a nationwide contest, challenging kids to make fun and memorable flashcards by pairing sentences and images to a common test word. There will be a small cash prize and iTunes giveaways. Due date is May 22.
Kathy and Stephen...what can I say except, "Wow!" The both of you went through a lot of effort, and that is most appreciated. Democracy in my mind is an action word.