Reverse Instruction in IB SL English
reverse instruction Today was our first day back to school after the holiday break and the first day of my little reverse instruction…
Category: Teaching & Learning
Posts on classroom practice, student engagement, assessment, and how learning happens in schools and online.
Change at the pace of Google
Google anncouned Google Instant today…or was that yesterday….today to me, yesterday to you? Anyway, sometime in the past 48 hours Google launched their new…
Tracking Independent Reading in high school
As I started talking about in my last post, we’re in the process of setting every high school student up with a blog to…
At the speed of a click
(Scribefire, my blogging platform finally updated to work with Firefox Beta 4 so now I’m back!) I had the most incredible experience today. First…
Using Search Stories to Teach Search Skills
Last year one of the best ads released during the SuperBowl was this simple ad by Google Shortly after the release of this video…
A New School Year Begins!
Tomorrow marks the start of a new school year. My job title might have changed but the focus remains the same. How do we…
Are we teaching Networked Literacy
The two best sessions for me at Edubloggercon today at ISTE2010 ended up talking about Networks and teaching how to use networks with students.…
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios PDF
The 2009-2010 school year ended for me early today and I’m just wrapping up a few loose ends before I head into vacation mode…
Blogs as Web-Based Portfolios Part 4
(Part 4 of 4 on a series of blog posts to be made into a free PDF. Your feedback, ideas and thoughts are critical!…
Teaching Filtering Skills More Important Than Ever!
(Thank you everyone for your concern! We are all safe in Bangkok this evening with Government imposed curfew on the city) I’m not sure…