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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Tools We Love: Technology 101
OMG. Don’t look now, but there are probably students with PDAs in your classroom, IM-ing and LOL-ing away. Probably with TMI. And you, BTW? You are in the dark. IKR? TTYL. (the key to this is listed below my email … Continue reading
Posted in Differentiated Instruction, Interesting, Technology, Tools We Love
Tagged Help with Tech, New Ideas
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Every Kiddo Has a Story
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” -Plato “Whatever.” 6th period, after lunch, end of September, the honeymoon of “beginning of school” has passed. Kid in my junior class (because now that I am angry, he … Continue reading
Multi-Tasking – Impressive, But Not Productive
When I did my homework, back in the Dark Ages, I would come home and sit at a table, and work without any sort of distraction, straight through until dinner time. Now, “doing homework” takes the form of a 3-ring … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting, Technology
Tagged Focus, Homework, Multi-Tasking, National Public Radio, Time Management
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Whose Mindset?
Happy Day! Every year, Beloit College in Wisconsin comes out with the Mindset List – a list to remind professors of the gap in references that students may not understand. It’s a fascinating read in a few ways: that the … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting With Students, Interesting
Tagged Beloit College, Mindset List, National Public Radio
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World Peace Through Bad Dancing?
Here at the Edge, we love fun videos, and we love sharing them. You will see videos frequently on Chalk Blog! We do apologize for the title of this video; although we would prefer that the title did not include … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting With Students, Global Education, Inspiration, Interesting
Tagged Dancing, Humanity, Where's Matt
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