Tag: education
member name: Shelley - (Vote the Shel and Barney ticket) L.
|
October 28, 2006 09:41 PM EDT --
I have been watching as more and more colleges offer American Sign Language as a foreign language credit class. Is it really a foreign language. Doesn't the designation "foreign" language . . . more
|
|
March 21, 2007 08:51 PM EDT --
I’ve been substitute teaching (subbing) for a couple months. I remember how eager I was the first day of subbing. I was in sixth grade. I knew I would be wonderful. I would walk in the room and introduce . . . more
|
|
March 28, 2007 10:50 AM EDT --
Perhaps you haven't heard yet, though I imagine you will soon. Legos turn kids into evil capitalists. At least this is the view of some teachers in a Washington after school program. According to these . . . more
|
|
February 19, 2007 07:13 AM EST --
Today is one of those big days in my life. It's one of those things you work towards, but are still apprehensive about. Today, I stand before the committee and explain why I deserve a master's . . . more
|
|
March 05, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
When my children were younger they often participated in Book-It. It is a program where kids read and they receive certificates for personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut. My kids loved this program because . . . more
|
|
September 15, 2006 07:47 PM EDT --
We've all heard the saying "Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one's watching. Happiness is a journey not a destination." . . . more
|
|
December 30, 2006 07:27 PM EST --
I've been working on my research paper for school and I've come to the conclusion that standardized tests should be eliminated. I do not feel they are an authentic measure of student achievement. . . . more
|
|
November 26, 2006 12:14 AM EST --
I was just reading an interesting story on Drudge. It appears parents in Fond Du Lac are not happy that their children are reading "I know why the caged bird sings" by Maya Angelou. To be specific, . . . more
|
|
October 01, 2006 09:40 PM EDT --
Well, I've just spent two days lesson planning and getting all my materials together for the upcoming week. We are doing paleo-Indians in social studies and starting Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. . . . more
|
|
December 06, 2006 03:47 PM EST --
I really hate writing a thesis paper. Today my prof. told me I shouldn't worry and that I usually do a great job on my papers. But, that was on papers I’ve already done. I hate the idea of narrowing . . . more
|
|
January 15, 2007 09:31 PM EST --
I just finished Nicholas Lemann’s The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. It was interesting. Like most readers, I went in from my own biased perspective. I wasn’t really . . . more
|
|
February 22, 2007 07:55 PM EST --
Tonight was conference night. Conferences are different when you’ve had education classes. It’s surprising how different conferences are for me. I remember when 14 was only 6. I was afraid . . . more
|
|
November 06, 2006 05:49 AM EST --
My son got his first laptop for his birthday. He is 14. Granted it is a used laptop, but it is a very nice one. I should know, it is my old laptop.
Well, he wants online. My husband, being the tech guru . . . more
|
|
September 12, 2006 06:55 AM EDT --
I'm aware that reading groups can be beneficial. My low readers already are leaving during different times for help with reading. It is th beginning of the school year. I know that those canned tests . . . more
|
|
November 17, 2006 08:52 PM EST --
I keep hearing how self absorbed parents are nowadays. So I was discussing this with my friends. We started talking about how much "me" time we have. Folks may be surprised that we decided not . . . more
|
|
November 23, 2006 03:18 PM EST --
I love all the I am from poems everyone has been doing. I think it is something that teachers and those studying to be teachers should pay particular interest to. I believe that I am From poems are a wonderful . . . more
|
|
August 29, 2006 08:09 PM EDT --
Cochlear implant surgery has opened up new avenues of communication for the late deafened as well as young children. FDA standards have recently changed to allow children as young as 12 months to receive . . . more
|
|
September 23, 2006 09:41 AM EDT --
I'm wondering what your favorite resources for ideas about your classroom are. I have been sampling many things online. I joined one, not to be named, teacher area and was sorely disappointed in what . . . more
|
|
November 19, 2006 05:50 PM EST --
Remember when you were finishing school? Remember the portfolio that you needed to take to schools you were visiting? Were you proud of it? Did you even show it to employers or just to your advisors so . . . more
|
|
January 30, 2007 07:52 PM EST --
The Great Debate is going to be featured. Do you have an article to put up for debate in The Great Debate. Our group is for topics that are up for debate and/or discussion. I wanted to try and do . . . more
|
|
|
|
