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I am a fan of the way in which the blogosphere can pluck an article from the news and give it a life of its own. Not quite the Susan Boyle phenomenon but close. One such news story is the NYT's 11/20/09 article, "Tips for the Admission Test...to K...
I feel much more focused after today's worktime. Walking in I felt like I was swimming in a black hole of indecision. I now am zoned in. My next step is to create an observation instrument.
Reading the comments I'm reminded how important it is to clearly identify the most important goal for PD. Is it student achievement? Or is it student achievement through the use of teachnology? There can be overlap, but the answers to these are ra...
First a word about saving. At a meeting this fall, I wrote about Amy Fossett's observation of me. Unfortunately, I lost the blog because I failed to save it. That won't happen again.
Using assessment to plan instruction and improve student perfor...
Hey, Peter, I think I called you a dystopian back in 2003... :)
I wasn't too far off with "all student work will go to the web (public and protected)," and I still rather like the life-long learning portfolio concept...
STEM for Girls Think Tank
Students in 5th grade math often will ask "why do we need to know or learn this"?
I want my students to understand the connection between what they learn in 5th grade math and the outside world or its importance in any field of study.
My PGP is about assessment and feedback. Based on my survey results, I need to provide more of the following:
*opportunities for students to assess their learning and their understanding
*opportunities for students to reflect on their learning an...
Here's a place for discussing the effective use of interactive whiteboards in schools. Feel free to ask questions, share resources, and give advice !
You might also want to strongly consider Wordpress. Our school's director of technology is currently working on standardizing the program to allow teachers to have subdomains that can all pull from common themes and widgets, as well as a bank of u...
Oh, and we also use Moodle. Most of us have assignments and whatnot posted there.
Our teachers use everything from wikispaces to iWeb. There's no real coordination, but all of our sites can be reached via our intranet: www.intranet.columbusacademy.org. I connect to my blog there, too: somenovelideas.typepad.com. We're probably ...
Advising Sophomores...
Do boys and girls show stress differently? I wonder if a girl might say, "I'm so stressed," and get a positive, warm, nurturing response from a teacher, while boys might push back, feel defensive, panic, and get an impatien...
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