A letter from the teachers: “Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position, that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one …
Category Archive: Teaching
Feb
12
What I just wrote to my representatives:
I don’t understand why it is in our best interest to not allow unions to negotiate anymore. Can you please explain it to me? I understand that there will be cuts in funding. I don’t understand what that has to do with people’s ability to negotiate where available funds should be spent—or not spent. At …
Nov
24
On culture shifts, transparency and motivation
A couple of thoughts about integrating technology into classrooms and curriculums. These are somewhat off the cuff, so forgive me if they’re a bit rambling. Transparency: When thinking about using technology to enhance teaching and learning, it’s easy to get caught up in the latest thing–the nifty web application, software or hardware device–and think that …
Nov
20
Teaching off the cuff
In the future, teaching will be more about coordinating and less about planning. Why am I passionate about Web 2.0 technologies? Because of what’s possible beyond what you may have planned for. Check out a great example of this happening here and here.
Oct
26
No, grammar is not confusing . . .
Every day, my 8th graders tackle a paragraph riddled with errors and make corrections. I get these at Education World. We then go over the errors as a class. Pretty straight forward, right? Well, most of the time. This was today’s unedited text: Dedicated on October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was a gift …
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