Jul
12
2008
12
2008
Kelly Gallagher’s Golden Line
Kelly Gallagher, educator and author of Teaching Adolescent Writers, came and spoke to the UCI Writing Project on Friday and his focus of the presentation was a Golden Line: The Goal in Education is "Everybody Improves."
Duh, you say, isn't ...
Jul
06
2008
06
2008
Joanne Jacobs comment:”Stop facilitating and start teaching”
I commented on Joanne Jacobs article, "Stop Facilitating and Start Teaching," based on Fred Strine's article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Strine indicates that more student-centered teaching is somehow less taught and, consequently, less learned. Jacobs paraphrases that the "'sage on the ...
Jul
02
2008
02
2008
Collaboration…Blocked by a Firewall Near You
You know, sometimes I wonder if I'm not a huge pain in the ass to present for, especially if I love what's going on. I'm one of those audience members who has to verbally digest and implement what I am ...
Jun
05
2008
05
2008
D-Ed Reckoning Comment: It’s Not Research’s Fault that Some Teachers Just Don’t Wanna
So I posted a comment off of a D-Ed Reckoning article today. The original post suggested that education research is wasted money and cited Reading First as evidence. I commented that it wasn't research that was the problem; it was ...

