Reflections on Teaching

After the Democratic Convention, there were a lot of conversations on Plurk about Obama. One of the saddest was a thread from Lisa Parisi, about her conversation at a local bowling alley with a Democrat who said they would never vote for Obama because he is black. She was shocked, but many of us who [...]

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In the last few weeks, I’ve been doing trainings at the district, while getting ready to do a presentation for my fellow staff members. My principal would like to see other staff members, not just me in the computer lab, using technology more in their classrooms. He has been in and out of the site, [...]

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I’ve finished up some general unit plans over the last few weeks. I’ve gotten inspiration from dy/dan » Where Is Your List?
which started out asking what videos we use to teach a specific skills/strategies/concepts (metaphor, etc.) I had seen there was a new video from Chris Brown on my Meebo login page, YouTube – Chris [...]

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Lots of stuff on Dan Meyer’s blog, where I’ve found a lot to comment on recently. Dan takes a look at (and aim on) a couple of Web 2.0 tools.
dy/dan » Correct Me If I’m Wrong is about Wordle, which Dan questions the analytical value of in literature studies. Dan’s blog’s strength is not just [...]

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I was out at a local concert in the park, and plurked that I was going. Ken Shelton, as is his want, asked me to microblog it. As I was listening to some great blues (Linda Bracamonte Band opened for Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers), texting, and sending up pics, and hiking through the [...]

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