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another carnival
This week’s Carnival of Education is up at The Tempered Radical. I don’t have a post in this one, but there’s a lot of good stuff. I particularly recommend that all you English teachers take a look at Michael Umphrey’s Who Needs English?: Teaching in the Wasteland. Mr. Umphrey doesn’t seem to have a comments… Continue reading
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Harry K. & Rosemary T. Wong’s “The First Days of School”
I love this book. I think you should buy it. I picked it up after reading recommendations on several blogs, and it arrived at a very good time (even if it’s no longer the first days of school.) True, the strategies are mostly directed at elementary school teachers (I don’t have a classroom to set… Continue reading
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visit the carnival
This week’s Carnival of Education is up at Evolution…not just a theory anymore. Check it out. Continue reading
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visit the carnival
This week’s Carnival of Education is up at Global Citizenship in a Virtual World. If you haven’t yet visited a Carnival, you don’t know what you’re missing, and if you blog about education, you should really submit. Go see for yourself. Continue reading
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why we cheat
Joanne Jacobs reminds us of why trying to prevent cheating is an uphill battle – the teacher’s voice, if it’s heard at all, is a lonely echo in a world where cheating is considered to be totally normal and generally worth the risk. Continue reading
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am I only tickled because it’s me in another language?
Perhaps I should be more jaded when it comes to the wonders of the internet, but my mind has been blown. Apparently someone is reading me in Spanish. My attempts to link to the page for you only reroute me back to the English version, so you’ll have to take my word for it, or… Continue reading
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check out the carnival
This week’s Carnival of Education is being hosted over at History is Elementary. My post on games in the college classroom makes an appearance, and there’s plenty more to chew on. Go browse! Continue reading
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if you listen to one rant today
Christopher D. Sessums pointed me to this video by George Carlin about why any education system in America is doomed to fail. I am perhaps naive in believing that we up here in Canada have less reason for despair. He’s not saying anything new, but he’s saying it very forcefully. Parental advisory: it’s George Carlin. Continue reading
About Me
My job is to teach people to read and write; aside from that, I like to learn things.
Classroom as Microcosm 