Tech Integration

A Mag Worth the Read

This is a cool, new magazine worth checking out! The subscription is free, or at least that's what it says in the hard copy  I received in the mail.

What Matters?

A Rhode Island school ranks low in test scores, high in communication with students and families. It's worth a read. Here's an excerpt:

"When a kid leaves my school," he wrote in the book, "I want her to have the basic life skills that will help her get along in the adult world -- like knowing how to act in a meeting or how to keep her life and work organized." Those skills, he noted, are "basic stuff that too many schools forget in their rush to cram in three sciences, three social studies, four maths and so on."

A Cool Tour

You should really check out this virtual tour of the Smithsonian.

E-portfolios

e-Portfolio Platform Comparison
"Helen Barrett is on a serious e-portfolio tour of duty these days, creating her e-portfolio in a half-dozen different systems and authoring tools including Maricopa, Blogger, FDU, GeoCities, Mozilla Composer, and WordPress and letting us see the results -- a great project" (from Jeremy Hiebert's blog

University standards

This PDF was created for the professors at Penn. However, it's interesting reading for all teachers. Note the sections on lecturing and grading.

Frontline for teachers

Here is a way to use Frontline in your classes

Pay attention to me!!!!

Suggestions from teachers in the trenches....how to keep students focused on you instead of the laptop!

Thinking Critically

Good reminders about what works and what doesn't when teaching critical thinking skills.

Advisers do what?

Here's an article about developing an advisory program in independent schools.

Oh My

This is hard to believe. "A student who admits down-loading material from the internet for his degree plans to sue his university for negligence."