They get tweeting!

Check out this link talking about more Twitter/Web 2.0 ideas for the classroom.
The teacher in the video states something along the lines of if we aren’t engaging our students, we might as well be talking to a brick wall. (So true, no?)
But for me, the debate should not be focused solely on “teaching” how to [...]

Writing today

Also, I wanted to pass along this note on writing today. I find an interesting note here about teachers thinking on a “practical and pedagogical level” about how writing looks/works/happens today. To be honest, I don’t feel everyone out there thinks about things like this; I’m not seeing it. Writing is a 5-paragraph essay that [...]

Freebies!

Loved this note talking about a new, free tool from National Geographic called Wildlife Filmaker. Also, I LOVE the idea of creating PSAs that is expressed here…

Critical technology

Today there are lots of discussions going around about technology and its place/use in the classroom. Specifically in the English classroom which has traditionally been a text (i.e. pen/paper/book) only learning space. With that said, as I’m catching up on some of my reading, I came across this article. Basically (as some of you probably [...]

Bringing the outside into the class

My cohort recently took a trip to the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Va. Our task was to create a podcast that we could use in our classrooms to walk students through the museum…or be a “teacher in their pocket” as the students walked around the museum.
Thus, my group decided to create a podcast [...]

Mock elections and debates: the opportunity for cross-discplinary teaching

Here is my opinion on the idea of using mock elections and debates to effectively teach civics.
Though my ideas are outlined in my opinion, I do want to throw out some of the ideas I think would work in the English classroom. (And, I do offer some general suggestions in my opinion for other content [...]