Tag Archives: writing

For the Roses: My Latest Position on Classroom Blogging

May 1, 2008 – 5:29 am

Carolyn Foote wrote this week about the new Pew study on the effects of technology on teen writing. An article about the study in eSchool News (free subscription - well worth it - required) pulls out a few details that for me, at least, suggest some weird thinking. The “news” that
[t]eens who […]

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A Maxim: On Retarding Institutions

January 10, 2008 – 7:57 pm

Churches were last to admit the world is not flat; schools will be last to admit that it is becoming flat again.
(–from a comment I left on a Jeff Utecht post)

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Video on The Benefits of Co-Teaching: A Blast from 2005

January 4, 2008 – 11:08 am

I don’t discuss my years as an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL, a.k.a. ESL) specialist much on these pages, mainly because there are no ESOL students at my high school. But the experience of being a second teacher in the content-area classroom when I wore this hat? That’s some good fodder […]

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A Belated Reflection on the Students 2.0 Experience

December 29, 2007 – 1:42 am

If you haven’t read Ryan Bretag’s and Steve Hargadon’s posts on TechLearning about Students 2.0, they’re worth a read. And Steve’s podcast interview with Kevin, Sean, and Lindsey shows them at their wonderful best, in terms of both intelligence and personality.
I haven’t really written any reflections here since launching Students 2.0 back on December […]

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From “LeaderTalk” to “LearnerTalk”: Global Student Edublog Coming Soon, Seeks Your Input

November 13, 2007 – 7:41 pm

I’ve wanted to help this happen for the last five months. And I need your help to launch it with quality and good aim. Just a thoughtful comment consisting of a short list is all we ask.
First, a recap. Why re-write what was already obsessively written since May? So:
What would happen […]

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