I have been pleased to see many preservice English teachers and their professors are finding my blog useful. I welcome new teachers to the profession and thank their professors for guiding them. I have been trying to think of something preservice teachers in particular might find useful, but I’m not sure what that might be. …
Nope, in this case I’m not talking about my good friend, the very aptly named Reflective Teacher, but myself. I think teachers that do the same thing year after year without thinking about their practices — and then complaining about kids who don’t cooperate like they did in the good old days — really need…
I was invited to join the Classroom 2.0 community by Nani. I wanted to try it out for a few days before I wrote about it here just so I could be sure it would be something I’d stick with. Several familiar “faces” have joined up with Classroom 2.0. One of the interesting things about…
Hipteacher has a new post full of great advice for new teachers. I wanted to comment on a couple of pieces of advice and add my own. There is no one lesson plan format. If someone wants “lessons” from you ahead of time, you could be turning in anything from red Sharpie scrawl across a…
I participated in a Book Meme at my personal blog the other day. The list of books was eclectic and interesting. This morning I put my teacher nerd hat on and figured I’d adapt it for teacher books. This is how it works: For books that you have read, put the title in bold. Books…
Some of you might remember I took a Schools Attuned course last summer. I am still working on my practicum. I decided to complete the practicum online due to time and travel consideration. Once I complete my practicum and portfolio, I will earn CEU credits. I just completed the third of six practicum sessions today….
Despite discussing the possibility of taping my presentation in an earlier post, I didn’t get a chance to do so. I had too much to do today to run downstairs, get the camera, and figure out how to use it. Sorry!
Well, I’m taking Syb up on her suggestion. I asked my IT colleague if we could tape my presentation on January 2 so I can share it here. I don’t know yet if it will be a video or podcast, but I will let you know. Don’t look for it to appear right away. I…
Before we moved into our new facility, our faculty had a cramped faculty workroom/lounge which contained three computers, a long table, mail boxes, a toaster oven, a few microwaves, a refrigerator, and a blue couch. The room was not big enough to accommodate all of us, but it was warm and inviting. I spent a…
I read a really interesting research proposal written by one of our Hebrew teachers. Exactly which method of writing instruction works best? Explicitly marking each error in a student’s paper. Marking a line, indicating an error, but leaving it for the student to identify what the error is. Which method do you use? Which method…
