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It’s 15 Degrees, The Furnace is Broken—It’s Go Time!

February 26th, 2007 · 9 Comments

“Something’s wrong.”
I’m not a high stakes gambler. I’ve never made or lost millions in business. Never fought in a foreign war (hell, never even been in a fist fight). I’m not a superstar anything. Don’t drive fast cars, drink, mess around with either women or drugs.
So how do I know I’m […]

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Teacher Tools: Visual Literacy, Part 2: Visuwords

February 26th, 2007 · No Comments

 Let’s face it, some people think better in pictures.
They think with their eyes.
For the most part, I am not one of them. But I still think visual literacy is pretty cool. I wrote a longer post on this topic and offered up a couple of tools here.
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Tags: Learning · Writing · Teaching

Teacher Tools: Suddenly Grammar is Fun? C’mon. No Way.

February 26th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Way.
Thanks to Mrs. Chili, a junior college English teacher who, interestingly, seems to have the same sorts of challenges that I have as an 8th grade teacher. Talk about “things that make you go hmmm. . . ”
Anyway, she shares this cool web site, where you can spend hours playing language related games, […]

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Tags: Learning · Children · Teaching