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This Totally Beats the “#1 Teacher” Mug
I received a note from an old student of mine. I wanted to share it with you. May you all get such a moment in your careers to see the influence you once had on someone.
Credential Programs: Give us your money and we’ll give you a classroom
I comment on the Education Week's article, Busywork 101.
It’s the End of The Internet as we Know It (and I feel…)
Is the Internet as we know it really coming to an end in 2012? Well, not if Google and the porn industry have anything to say about it.
The Seventh Affliction
The Education Gadfly analyzed 6 main afflictions of teaching. But it forgot #7...
D-Ed Reckoning Comment: It’s Not Research’s Fault that Some Teachers Just Don’t Wanna
Based on a comment I wrote for a D-Ed Reckoning article, this post explains how it isn't that educational research that is at fault so much as those teachers not implementing what we know to work.
An Honors Student Does Not a Critical-Thinker Necessarily Make
An honors student does not always a critical thinker make.
Make an Offer They Can’t Refuse
How does an administrator control the quality of their staff if the union won't let them transfer an ineffective teacher? According to The Washington Post, some unions are loosening up on their hold over administrator's rights.
Writing Dialogue: or, How to Use Quotes Without Hurting Anyone
Here is my Powerpoint on How to Write Dialogue and How to Use Quotation Marks in dialogue.
Ed Tech is the new Home Ec and Shop
McCain and Clinton don't mention Ed Tech in their educational policies. Obama merely mentions it in relations to Maths and Sciences. But Ed Tech is not the elite. It is the Home Ec and Shop classes for this generation.
Book Review: Skulduggery Pleasant
Skulduggery Pleasant is a fantastic character. Picture Errol Flynn sans skin.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Here you will find more information about me and my upcoming conference sessions at the CCHE and FETC/CUE conferences
Education X-Prize
Education needs to reach beyond those within education for ideas on how to solve its problems. Maybe the X Prize Foundation can figure it out.
Fundraising Stinks
With the passing of the nutrition laws in education, fundraising education now falls on the shoulders of the teachers. Maybe districts need to figure out how to fund their programs instead.
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