Mar
14
2010
14
2010
Mr. Duncan: Save the National Writing Project
Dear Arne Duncan,
The rumor on the winds that whispers through the halls is that funding for the National Writing Project will soon be threatened. I understand that the Obama administration is moving to consolidate expenses by merging a number ...
Mar
05
2010
05
2010
“Internet Literacy: The Genre” : CUE 2010
Thank you as well to those of you (wow! there were a lot of you!) who attended my "Internet Literacy: The Genre" session at CUE.
As promised, here is the keynote itself to peruse at your leisure. As with everything on ...
Mar
05
2010
05
2010
“Podcasting with 70 Middle Schoolers”: CUE 2010
Thank you to everyone who attended my session today at CUE on "Podcasting with 70 Middle Schoolers." As promised, here is the keynote itself to peruse at your leisure. As with everything on my site, this work is ...
Feb
26
2010
26
2010
Part 3 of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs
Well, what began as mere musings, seems to have become a fully fleshed fantasy for what a teacher prep program of the future may look like. It all began in Part 1 of this series of posts. It ...
Feb
26
2010
26
2010
Part 2 of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs
In yesterday's post, Part I of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs, I fantasized about what a credential program might look like years down the line. Here is Part II of my post that will address the following ...
Feb
25
2010
25
2010
Part I of 3: The Future of Teacher Prep Programs
My credential program was more of a necessary hoop than a valuable preparation program. My Ed Psych professor read his screenplay to us all semester long. My Methods of Math professor hadn’t been in a classroom for 30 ...
Feb
18
2010
18
2010
When the Aliens Attack, Will Education Unite?
I just took a look at the recently released Metlife Survey of the American Teacher, and its section on "Effective Teaching and Leadership." This section of the survey reported much about the opinions of teachers and administrators, focusing much of ...
Feb
12
2010
12
2010
Sneaking a Puff of Professional Development
I’m at CATE this weekend (California Association of Teachers of English) as both presenter and attendee. I'm doing two sessions: one on Internet Literacy (based on my recent workbooks) and one in a panel of Writing Project teachers on a ...
Feb
11
2010
11
2010
Why Equity can be a bad word for Education
As well intentioned as it is, the goal of equity in all branches of education is doing a disservice to the goal of, well, equity. I'm searching for a word here. Maybe I need to make one up. ...
Feb
05
2010
05
2010
Is Education a Mudslide?
"It's like trying to stop a flow of lava with a Scott's paper towel. It's been this way for years!" The lady who said this wasn't talking about education, but she could very well have been. The lady in ...
