My husband gets a kick out of me.I'm glad he still finds my quirks funny and not annoying.The problem is that I love talking about how we learn, which, of course, involves how we teach. Whether it's a Tweet from The Washington Post about homework Kids, Parents and Teachers Disagree on How Much Homework Is…
All posts in January 2009
The News According to Twitter
Click to Play Will Richardson shares a tool and a his take on sharing the news This video was originally shared on blip.tv by willrich45 with a No license (All rights reserved) license.
How much are they getting……..
When I was in middle and high school, I read books. Oh, some I read more carefully than others. But I read.By the time I was in college, I discovered CliffsNotes. If memory serves, I didn't use them frequently; I don't think they existed for most of my assignments. I was a strong reader, and…
But is it working?
Six of us, all members of the Powerful Learning Practice, have been discussing our teaching shifts and pondering these thoughts all year: how do we know these 21st Century skills of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, information literacy, and digital citizenship (borrowed liberally from here and here) are key for students' success? success at what? are…
Why we teach…
Life has been crazy lately.We jumped back into reading and writing on Monday, I had a class Tuesday night, and today I helped a teacher with a video after school and then raced home to participate in two Elluminate online discussions with people from the Powerful Learning Practice. The online chats ended a little after…