It’s interesting to me that whenever someone finds you are a teacher, the first question is, “Oh what do you teach?” That always rubbed me the wrong way. It’s not what I teach, it’s who. There’s no one answer to the question what do I teach. Sometimes I teach interpersonal relationship skills. Sometimes I teach …
When I was in the final negotiations of my previous teaching position, I asked if there was a possibility to coach and was a possibility to work as a reading coach. Both of these requests would add hours of planning and bus riding. Both of these requests would decrease the amount of sleep I would …
As I was listening to NPR yesterday, I was struck by their analysis of the occupy movement. They commented, quite surprised themselves, that the occupy movement is already more creative and popular than many other social movements In asking why, they actually provided important marketing advice for new affiliates. The occupy organizers thought through their …
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After my post yesterday about the influence of twitter for the affiliates, I was reminded that it is in the tension and friction that not only do people feel engaged, but their learning is deep. So to answer my own question, it’s not unreasonable for mobile users to be expect to click a link on …
Teaching in the midst of standardization makes it hard to help foster unique individuals and the way they learn. Affiliate marketing is not really that different. For new affiliates just coming into the world of affiliate marketing, the established super affiliates are daunting. They have a plan. They have a purpose. And you feel lost. …
As a technology teacher last year, I was frequently asked the question, “How does Twitter help?” Inherent in my teaching colleagues was a time analysis approach to a new idea for their classroom. They wanted to know how much time it was going to take and if the time was going to be worth investing …
The world of education has changed drastically since the passing of No Child Left Behind. Since that legislation was passed, schools have slowly and systematically shifted to standardization. Teachers were consulted about the legislation or the resulting curriculum purchases to ward against a debilitating “failing” label. My teaching career began just one year after the …
I fought hard to try to increase teachers’ awareness of the reliable resources that could be accessed through Google and to get them to open their minds to the possibility that web resources were just as valuable as internet resources, so this is hard for me to write, but I was wrong. Well, at least …
The most hotly debated topic in the realm of education at present is the standardization of teaching. Teachers who have added their experiences to the classroom in order to engage and connect with students are being asked to drop that and stick to the Core Standards. Some would argue that standardization means that we know …
When I was trying to work on implementing a one-to-one program with iPads at my school, people often asked me why iPads. After answering this question numerous times, I resulted to this It creates a unique individual experience. And that’s the gist of it. It’s not about the iPad or the technology behind the iPads. …
