Posts Tagged ‘ teaching ’

Tenure…

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July 15, 2011

The idea of tenure…that is, where an Academic (of sufficient background and accomplishment) is given complete freedom from censure in what he or she may produce as intellectual content (to the degree that they can’t be fired for this) has evolved over the years…and mostly not to the greater good of anybody. The use of [...]


Flipping classes

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July 12, 2011

If you have already looked over Salman Khan’s Kahn academy, you may already have an idea what flipping a classroom is all about. The basic premise is to record your presentations in such a manner (via video: ala YouTube, Vimeo, or other hosting sites, or with recorded white board presentations using such tools as Prezi, [...]


Tools to visualize history

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July 12, 2011

Lately, I have run across a couple really valuable tools for teaching history. The first is really a community which uses Google Earth to create a historical atlas…This is such an obvious idea (when considered after the fact) that I feel almost ashamed that I didn’t think of it! There is a lot of promise [...]


21st century teacher

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July 9, 2011

I just ran across an interesting looking community for teachers (to join!). 21st century teachers looks to be a new community which may help expand the base of teachers involved with internet and web 2.0 technology…beyond the comparatively older and more established communities such as Classroom 2.0, the Flat classroom project, or Educator’s PLN. These [...]


Sarcasm…and kids…

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June 21, 2011

I came across this article using one of my iPad news curation apps (maybe it was in Zite…), in any case, the more I read it, the less sense it made. I might be wrong, but the crux of the cited article seems to imply that using Sarcasm upon children isn’t appropriate…because they probably don’t [...]


Sometimes nothing is better than something…

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May 28, 2011

I have a lot of citations form this Salon.com article (it is pretty darn well written!), and it deals with one of the underlying reasons I got into teaching in the first place. As with the author, I learned to love literature (mostly on my own…not in high school English classes). Many of my friends [...]


maybe teachers aren’t the answer…

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May 25, 2011

I should predicate this post by explaining that the study in question relates to college classes…so there should be no flames coming from K-12 teachers on this topic…yet. This is certainly a news article worth reading (i.e. go ahead and read it…now!). The study shows what most college students in the last 30 years have [...]


is grading obsolete?

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May 17, 2011

First I have a little story to present some ideas… We all know that smoking is not good for you (pardon my understatement here…). Consequently we are living in a society which has been incrementally making cigarettes more expensive, increasing the taxes on these cancer sticks, cutting the places where smokers can indulge in their [...]


Finnish teachers…

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May 10, 2011

I keep running across articles proselytizing the wonders of the Finnish education system… actually, in a more specific manner, the wonders of Finnish teachers… Already I can see that many of you, my dear readers, might be thinking “??”, why would someone spend time to a render ad hominem praise to school teachers in Finland? [...]


Educators Misunderstand Students!

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May 3, 2011

This is a fascinating article which showcases some of the (huge) blind spots in the education philosophy I (and most other teachers) are taught…that learning is intrinsically a fun activity. It certainly makes the prospect of teaching seem a lot nicer… One the other hand I seem to recall (long, long ago) being a student [...]


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