blogging
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Up and At ‘Em
It’s almost that time again. I hope you’ve all had a great summer. Mine has been thrilling, terrifying and exhausting, all on a small domestic scale. You will hear about some of it in the coming weeks. The upshot: school begins on Monday, and I am neither refreshed nor enthusiastic, but I am nothing if Continue reading
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What Have You Been Thinking About?
Whether you’re a teacher, a parent, a student, or just a citizen of the world who believes that learning is important, you may be thinking about new problems or dwelling on old fears or puzzles as the school year begins. Maybe you’d like to hear what others have to say about your burning questions or Continue reading
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Top 10 Posts of 2010
For your reading and catch-up pleasure, I have once again compiled a “year’s top posts” list. These posts are “top” in that they got the most hits; in some cases this may have been because of timing, a well-chosen keyword, or fluke, but in some cases I think it’s because they truly were the best Continue reading
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Ring in the New Year with the Education Buzz
Carol over at Bellringers has done a bang-up job of putting together post #2 of the Education Buzz, her new incarnation of the Education Carnival. If you’re feeling a bit uninspired about heading into the new school year, here’s your chance to hang out with a few other teachers and read their erudite thought on Continue reading
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I’m Not Blocked. I’m Obsessively Diverted.
What does it mean to be “blocked”? Is it possible for a “block” to be a diversion, a new inspiration, a productive distraction? Or is it just laziness? Right now, I am “blocked” in a number of ways. I’ve been working on a novel for the last ten years. I use the term “working on” Continue reading
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Ten Wonderful Things, Part Eight: Blogging
The eighth of ten things I loved about this past term. #8: Blogging Some days, I teach because I blog. When I began this blog in 2007, I was seriously considering giving up teaching. It was just too hard. Then Vila H. convinced me that I needed to start blogging about something. Teaching is the Continue reading
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Joanne Jacobs’ New Blog: Community College Spotlight
The always enlightening Joanne Jacobs has started a new blog, Community College Spotlight. Here’s a little info that she passed on to me earlier today: Nearly half of college-goers go to a community college. And when people talk about educating our way to prosperity, that will happen at community colleges — or not at all….Community Continue reading
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The Book Review Blog Carnival
My post on Roberto Bolaño’s The Skating Rink is featured in this week’s Book Review Blog Carnival over at Clark Bjorke’s beautifully titled blog I’ll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book! A number of other interesting posts about interesting-looking books are featured, so go take a gander. Continue reading
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Teaching This Week: 5 Cool Things
I managed to make some time this week (mostly due to a couple of sick days) to mess around online, and see what the world of teaching looks like right now. 1. The big talk is around the New York Times Sunday Magazine’s article “Can Good Teaching Be Learned?” (or, as it is known online, Continue reading
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Top 10 Posts of 2009
Have you gotten behind on your blog reading? Do you wish you’d had time to read EVERY SINGLE POST here at Classroom as Microcosm this past year? Or are you a new reader who doesn’t know how to get caught up on all this teacherly goodness? Never fear – I’ve put together a handy list Continue reading
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My job is to teach people to read and write; aside from that, I like to learn things.
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