Reflections on Teaching

I was working on a mobile site for the upcoming CUE conference largely for my own use, when I contacted Mark Wagner (since he has an iPhone) and asked his opinion, and he pointed me towards Mike Lawrence, the head of CUE. Apparently their plans for a mobile site had fallen through, so with some [...]

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…with this tweet from Dan Meyer announcing he’s been laid off, RIFed, pink slipped, axed, etc.

Twitter / Dan Meyer: If you’re called into an e …

…and this response from Will Richardson, which strikes me as funny/sweet given the riding Dan’s given him in the past:

Twitter / Will Richardson: @ddmeyer Sorry to hear tha …

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This is my second entry in Sue Water’s First Anniversary at The Edublogger Challenge.
There is a lot of attention given to text on blogs, but when you are writing with and for students, visuals can make a crucial difference, just like in the rest of your instruction. I’m not always as good about doing this [...]

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Dear Reader, I’m asking you to fill out this short survey about what kind of conference blogging you are looking for. I’ve done a lot of blogging from the conferences I’ve attended, to the degree that In Practice, the group blog I work on, was given a “press pass” to the ASCD Conference, and I [...]

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Since the recent changes in service at edublogs.org many of us have been looking at how this changes how we use these blogs with our students. Much of the discussion has focused on the more unpleasant aspects, the ads, the cost of getting rid of them (especially in these trying budgetary times), etc. the focus [...]

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This is a combo post reflecting on what I’ve been reading on edublogs, AND what I’ve been doing in the lab lately…
First, revisiting the thorny issue of assessment…
Sherman Dorn: UTLA and “benchmark” or “periodic” testing had this great post on assessment where he argued for more formative (informal, observational, feedback) assessment. I’ve shared my opinion [...]

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Hmm, I really haven’t been reflecting enough lately. I apologize. I’ve been setting up stuff, laying groundwork, but really, that’s not a good excuse. I really should be thinking about what I’m doing more. Still, it has been an exciting few weeks with the Inauguration, and the start of Dy/Dan’s Annual Report contest.
First, some really [...]

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