Mar
30
2009
30
2009
Where the Wild Things Are: Part II
So I recited the book and showed the movie trailer to the students on my Interactive Whiteboard, just as I mused about in my last post. From there, I read an old version of the "Three Little Pigs" and asked ...
Mar
25
2009
25
2009
Teaching Secrets: Finding a Job That You Love
Know a teacher who got a pink slip? Maybe my newest post at Teacher Magazine can help. Click here for the article.
It's Step 1 of my Top Secret New Teacher Handbook. Hope it creates some shortcuts, a machete even, through ...
Mar
23
2009
23
2009
Internet Reading: The genre
So I'm sitting here pondering the titles of the two curriculum books I am currently writing on teaching Internet Literacy, and I can't help but wonder if reading on the Internet isn't its own genre all together.
I mean, I ...
Mar
20
2009
20
2009
A teacher’s duty?
So by now I assume we've all heard of the sanctioned "cage fighting" in a Dallas, TX school. As AP reports, school officials apparently condoned the use of a steel cage in which students could bare-knuckle fight their way ...
Mar
11
2009
11
2009
Extreme Makeover: Classroom Edition
There's been so much talk lately of deep-needed reforms for education, but we neglect just how powerful a simple makeover can be. I'm lucky to currently work at a school that has a patch of green, which fixes the broken ...
Mar
09
2009
09
2009
The “Sweet Spot” in Interactive Whiteboards courtesy of Robert Marzano
CUE scored Marzano.
As he began his keynote presentation on Friday at the 2009 Computer Using Educators conference, Robert Marzano confessed that he had been slow on the tech bandwagon, only recently researching enough to see what all the fuss ...
Mar
07
2009
07
2009
CUE Conference: Podcasting with 70 Middle Schoolers – RU Crazy?
So here's my Keynote presentation for all of you who wanted to flip through it for some reminders. To open up my handouts, click here.
Hope you all enjoyed the session, and feel free to drop me a line if ...
Mar
07
2009
07
2009
How to be an Ed Tech Advocate
OK, guys. So I got it from the horse's mouth at CUE. According to the ISTE Director of Governmental Affairs, No Child Left Behind is not going away.
In the weeks leading up to the election, the Obama administration talked ...
Feb
25
2009
25
2009
Top 10: How to Take Control of Your Teaching
Occasionally, I repost this article so that new readers can find it more easily. Based on some very enthusiastic feedback, it has since morphed into a book proposal called The Top Secret New Teachers Handbook. I'll share more as it ...
Feb
21
2009
21
2009
Am I So Past My Prime?
Somehow, and maybe I'm reading into it here, I feel a little written off already. Education Week is reporting that some districts are pondering the possibility of "front-loading" new teacher salaries, increasing their compensation earlier in their career to aid ...



