Recently, Scott McLeod called attention to Mike Wesch’s post about “anti-teaching,” which stirred up some discussion. The objections in the discussion centered around the term itself: “anti-teaching.” Most seemed to…
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I found Dan Meyer’s blog post “In Defense of NCLB” through Chris Lehmann’s post “A Smarter Mind than Mine Takes on NCLB.” I wasn’t planning on writing a blog post…
After what seems like an entire year spent pondering my own path to happiness, I think I’ve finally come to an understanding that is helpful … at least for me….
For about five years, I’ve been running an online community with a few teachers and their students at my school. This year, as “Web 2.0” continues to expand our educational…
I’ve been thinking lately about the difference between teaching knowledge and teaching skills. As the internet changes how we find and use knowledge, it becomes increasingly clear that what we…
A friend of mine recently told me she was growing concerned because her son, an elementary-school student, started saying he “hates school.” It’s troubling, and by the time students reach…
Maybe it’s just interesting timing, or synchronicity, or maybe it’s because we tend to see the things we’re looking for, but I’ve come across two sources in the last few…
I’ve started a “teaching reading” course–the last one in my Masters program. The first night, we tried to answer the questions: what is interpretation? and what is it we are…