You may have noticed that the Faculty Room has not been updated in some time. We have been on hiatus since August, and though the last post said we would resume posting in September, it hasn’t happened, and I’m not sure why. I contacted both Meg Fitzpatrick (who administers the blog) and Grant Wiggins, and…
In my quest to enlighten myself as to the true contents of the studies cited by Robert Marzano, et. al. in Classroom Instruction that Works, a course of action suggested not only by Marzano’s detractor Alfie Kohn, but by Marzano himself, I found an article entitled “Synthesis of Research on Homework” in Educational Leadership written…
I think the Death of a Salesman unit I’m doing with my seniors is going well. At any rate, they seem engaged in the material and are making good connections. I am very excited about starting the part of the unit when we make connections to The World is Flat and globalization and outsourcing. Speaking…
If you are interested in reading my first post at the Faculty Room, “a cooperative blog presented by Big Ideas and published by Authentic Education,” it was posted today: “Born With a Desire.” Please read it and let me know what you think in the comments.
Meg Fitzpatrick, editor of of the UbD e-journal Big Ideas, invited me to contribute to both the e-journal and a new blog they are announcing today: The Faculty Room. Please come on over and join in our conversations (my first post on the blog should appear some time tomorrow). You will find other “familiar faces”…
