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Not all students own computers ... even now! |
In my last blog entry I talked about a prevalent opinion among young people I teach that the whole brouhaha over the Digital Divide may be nothing more than a Clinton-era left-wing invention (just like Climate Change!). So I was intrigued to see the following article in the Grand Rapids Press, citing this year’s annual survey by the Campus Computing Project:
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If there is one thing that the recent FOX television program got right, it is the gender and age of the school counselor on Glee.
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When you were a kid and took a school field trip, do you remember the most exciting part of the day?
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This semester I’m teaching Adolescent Literature for the first time . . . and loving it. As a former 8th grade Language Arts teacher, I was immersed in the texts that my students were reading. We would talk about texts, share book suggestions, and laugh/cry together over the characters’ predicaments.
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The First Days of Service Learning (Part 1) |
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Many may have heard of the popular resource book from Harry Wong titled, “The First Days of School.” In the book, the author urges teachers that effective classroom management takes modeling, repetition, and most importantly, preparation!
That is why the first days of service learning are so important to the effectiveness of the projects, activities, and learning that will ensue.
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What Can We Learn from a “Drunken Pirate”? |
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To read press accounts, one would think that Stacey Snyder was dismissed from her teacher preparation program at Millersville University solely because she posted a picture of herself on her myspace site with the caption “drunken pirate” posted underneath. However, like most press accounts, there’s more to the story…much more.
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