Yesterday’s blog was a link to an article about the Net Generation student. But what about the Net Generation Teacher? I came across the blog Just Call Me Ms Frizzle. This blogger is a student teacher who blogs about a variety of education topics from her perspective of a future Science Teacher. It got me [...]
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Teaching the Net Generation
March 8th, 2010 4 Comments
“Can you be a Rhodes Scholar and not read books? Did growing up digital produce the dumbest generation? Are screenagers multitasking, or do they have better acting working memory and better switching abilities than most?
They’re the first generation “bathed in bits,” and they’re lapping their parents in digital acquisition. The only other time we’ve see [...]
Tags: Net Generation
Has the classroom environment changed?
February 12th, 2010 2 Comments
When I first started teaching elementary school in the late 70’s, it was fairly unusual to have a student go so out of control that they threw things or had temper tantrums. Recently in one of my doctoral level classes I asked the students to describe how many of these type of students there were at [...]
Tags: classroom management · discipline
The future of online/internet based education?
February 9th, 2010 1 Comment
I am not sure where the future lies with online education, but it is clear that face-to-face instruction is going to continue to be supplemented and in some cases supplanted by online instruction.
Here is a 10 minue video clip that discusses some of these options that students have today. It should be a wake up [...]
Tags: online learning
HOPE Blog makes the list of 100 essential blog posts for the first year teacher!
January 13th, 2010 No Comments
Our blog post titled “Are you trained or educated?” make the list of the top 100 essential blog posts for the first year teacher.
Check it out here.
Tags: blog posts · education · training
Reading aloud to students of all ages
January 5th, 2010 1 Comment
Education Week has a nice article on reading aloud to students. I fear the emphasis on standardized testing has resulted in many teachers cutting back on the time spent reading aloud to them.
Even when I taught 6th grade the highlight of our day was often reading to the students. We read many books throughout the [...]
Tags: reading · reading aloud
Unusual Christmas Gifts from Students
December 20th, 2009 1 Comment
I was thinking recently about the close emotional bonds that develop between students, parents and teachers. The hours of hard work together through good experiences and difficult can create a real closeness.
I miss that. Teaching now at the graduate level, I only see my students face-to-face for three weekends for a 3 credit hour course. [...]
Tags: gifts for teachers
Digital Divide: Not just a generational issue
December 7th, 2009 No Comments
The Washington Post put up this article pointing out that the digital divide is not just a generational divide, it can also be a poverty divide.
As more and more schools use technology and ask students to do their assignments using internet resources, the Post points out that not every student is able to participate depending on [...]
Tags: digital divide
Invitational Education
November 3rd, 2009 3 Comments
In Dr. Duncan’s comments about Culture vs Climate (found right here) she references an observation from a student in class that revealed the non-inviting environment of the school. It was a real turn off for the parents.
Did you know there is an entire organization devoted to Invitational Education? I read the book with the same name [...]
More calls for changes in teacher preparation
November 2nd, 2009 1 Comment
Colleges of Education are under fire……again!
The NYT is talking about it here;
Here is an excerpt for if you don’t have time to read the article:
Our best universities have, paradoxically, typically looked down their noses at education, as if it were intellectually inferior. The result is that the strongest students are often in colleges that have [...]
Tags: teacher preparation
