What is YOUR Passion Puzzle Piece?
Cross posted on Angela Maier’s blog! In the month of November, Angela Maier, asked a number of educators to write about PASSION. Each one of the contributors will add their…
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Visual Thinking and Learning in the Classroom
It was a post titled “Formats for Visual Thinking in the Classroom“Â from Richard Byrne on Free Technology for Teachers, that prompted me to write this post. I am a…
Amid the silly Videos and Spam are the Roots of a new Reading and Writing Culture
“Does the Internet Make you Smarter” is the title of an article by Clay Shirky, published by the Wall Street Journal Online. I wasn’t that satisfied with the title after…
Math Lesson? Empower Learners?
Here is what I started out with: Topic: Addition & subtraction of fractions, mixed numbers, improper fractions. You have: 4th & 5th graders A SmartBoard. 40 minutes You need: reinforcement…
Learning from a Book
You must have noticed that I have been reading and re-reading “Curriculum 21″ by Heidi Hayes Jacobs. I have posted my first impressions and recommendation here and since then have…
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