Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
I think it’s very important to be in conversation with people with whom we disagree. That’s one reason why I like the Bridging Differences blog so much. In Deborah Meier’s latest post, she suggests some “overarching agreements.” I can live with these: Meanwhile, let’s you and I play with the range of “overarching” agreements that […]
Read More Overarching. For now.Students at Burlington Elementary School slept over at the school last night to watch the sky. For the last time, alas, due to a curriculum change, according to the article. I sure hope there will be other opportunities like this one. Heck, I’ll volunteer to chaperone, if that helps. I love that stuff. My favorite […]
Read More Staying Up. Looking Up.I read banned books Originally uploaded by Bud the Teacher I wonder if there’s a button with the slogan “I surf an unfiltered Internet,” or “I read filtered blogs.” Maybe “I read blocked blogs,” is better – more alliterative. Along another line, perhaps a button with the message “I’d trust my kids in Al Upton’s […]
Read More Time for a New Button?Clay Burell’s challenged me (or tagged me, or whatever) to engage a meme that he’s passing along. I might. I’m bad about memes. I don’t mean to be. (And I am thinking about a good passion quilt image and will post one. Eventually. Thanks to all who tagged me.) But I did want to encourage […]
Read More Reading BalanceOne hundred percent of my family is technologically literate. No, really. I’ve got the numbers to back that up. Here’s how I would report that to the Department of Education: Number of members of my family: 4 Number who are technologicaly literate: 4. If you know me or my family at all, I suspect that […]
Read More Lies. Statistics. Whatever.The Reflective Teacher, one of my favorite reflective practitioners, left his blog behind recently. But now he’s back with another: Anyway, I figured it was time for a reinvention as a teacher. I see in myself a different person than I was when I became a teacher, and therefore have moved things over to another […]
Read More (Re)Creating Ourselves OnlineOne of the frustrating bits about working in technology rather than in language arts for the last ten months is that I haven’t really had a good reason to keep up on all the great YA literature out there. I’m not in a position to recommend books to students at the moment – so I’ve […]
Read More Missing YA LiteratureI’m seeing lots of opportunities lately, to connect my learning network(s), offline and on. Here’s one – a request from NCTE. Write away, whether you’re an NCTE member or not: We’re interested in how your teaching has changed�in how you have altered, adjusted, or shifted your habits and expectations�since the time you began teaching. For […]
Read More NCTE Asks: How has teaching changed?I didn’t want to let too much time go by before responding to Doug’s post, and the others that have followed it, but I haven’t have time for a thorough response. There’s plenty of thoughtfulness in the posts and comments, but I did just want to state, again, that I’m pretty sure an awful lot […]
Read More There Isn’t Just OneLast week, I received a review copy of Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America. Thought it was worth taking a minute or two to say that I’m definitely a fan of the book. I’m impressed with the way the author, Donna Foote, has captured the different teachers, students, administrators, and […]
Read More An Ugly Pursuit Well Worth Pursuing