technology
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Should We Bid Farewell to the Academic Paper?
Is the academic paper the best way for students to demonstrate their learning? Will learning to write papers help students develop the skills they will need later in their lives? One of my heroes, Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times (whose Sunday Magazine column, The Medium, is sorely missed) writes this week that “Education Continue reading
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Khan Academy: What are the Possibilities?
I just today learned about Khan Academy, the online education institution whose goal is “providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.” In the TED talk above, the academy’s founder, Salman Khan, describes exactly how the project works. The site is home to more than 2400 educational lecture videos, mostly in the domains of math Continue reading
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The Five Best Podcasts in the World
Because I’m an English teacher, I rarely read anything I don’t have to. During the semester, my novels collect dust on the coffee table, my Kindle lies abandoned in my schoolbag, and the weekend newspapers sit coiled uncomfortably in their rubber bands until I toss them in the recycling bin. Once my final grading is Continue reading
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Why Teachers Need Something Better Than Microsoft Word
Onscreen grading is a revelation. I have resisted the transition from paper grading to onscreen grading for a while now. I experimented last fall with having students submit a paragraph online once in a while, but I was reluctant to use Track Changes tools, as I knew most students weren’t familiar with them, and so Continue reading
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My job is to teach people to read and write; aside from that, I like to learn things.
Classroom as Microcosm 