Regular readers of my blog know I am really invested in backward design (Understanding by Design or UbD). I have several UbD units posted over at the UbD Educators wiki, but I decided maybe I should explain them a little bit more just in case you are interested in using them. After I wrote my…
This was a crazy week. Monday was a teacher workday; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, our schedules were different from “normal”; and Friday was Purim — we didn’t have classes and spent the day celebrating. The students were pretty good considering all the schedule disruptions. I had a really good discussion with my senior class about…
You may recall I am reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat for an online PLU course. In chapter six, he describes the kinds of people who will be “untouchable,” that is their jobs will be safe in the flat world. I admit to thinking that teaching is one of those “untouchable” jobs. However, I…
I have been reading Thomas L. Friedman’s The World is Flat as part of an online PLU course. Really the course just gave me a good excuse for reading a book I had been wanting to read for some time. I am still finishing the second chapter about various flatteners that have brought us to…
