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Jul
02
2008

The Carnival #178 is in town!

An (aspiring) Educator is hosting this week's Carnival of Education #178. I've tweaked my How to Take Control of Your Teaching list and although it's still in an evolving state, you can read it here. Enjoy the Carnival and the ...

Written by heather in: Ed News, Educational Policy, Teacher Resources | Tags: 2008, achievement gap, assessments, blog, book review, btsa, budget, Careers, carnival of education, character, Character Education, classroom library, collaboration, computers, concrete, contract, CORE, credential, critical thinking, CUE, Curriculum, curriculum design, curriculum development, differentiation, Ed Tech, education policy, ELA, electives, essay, essay starters, jobs, k-12, k12, Language Arts, life long learners, merit pay, metacognition, middle school, NCLB, new teachers, online, peer teaching, performance pay, PI, podcasting, powerpoint, professional development, Proficiency, school accountability, school funding, speeches, standardized testing, technology, tenure, Title I, TLN, top 10, union, voice, websites, Writers Project, writing

Jun
08
2008

Oral Presentation Rubric

Here is a short Oral Presentation Rubric that I developed for my Teach the Teacher unit. Haven't used it yet, but the students have heard all the terms and definitions before. I'll hand one out to each of the students to ...

Written by heather in: Curriculum, Teacher Resources | Tags: Character Education, differentiation, education, ELA, essay, k-12, k12, learning, peer teaching, PI, ribric, speeches, teaching, Title I

May
20
2008

Commencement Speeches 2008

Well, it's that time of year and the politicos and celebs are out in force, each earning their honorary degree in reading speeches written by their publicists. OK, so maybe they really do write their own speeches. Whatever. The fact ...

Written by heather in: Ed News | Tags: 2008, alan alda, commencement day, education, graduation, guy kawasaki, k-12, k12, Language Arts, speeches, teaching, tom hanks, will ferrell

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