Changes in the world are creating the most affluent population ever to walk the earth alongside some of the most abject poverty. I believe we are living in a world with more and more opportunity to be successful. By 2020 I think it will be harder and harder to be in the middle class. Either … Continue reading Changes In the World, Education, My Classroom, and a Path Forward
I recommend that all my students create and use a professional email account through gmail and become familiar with and use Google Docs for all their school work. Here’s why: 1. Kids need a professional email to communicate with adults– for jobs, for school, and for anyone to take them seriously. 2. They need to … Continue reading I Recommend Gmail and Google Docs
I printed out the article. I couldn’t help myself:) My classroom is borderline paperless. We use Google Docs and Edmodo for almost everything, so there is very little paper in my class. I guess you could say that instead of my class being a paperless class it is a less-paper class? Being in a less-paper … Continue reading A Less-Paper Classroom
There have been many big shifts in education, but I think the biggest shift is how we look at the student-teacher relationship. The idea that the teacher should be in the front of the room talking and that the students should be in their seats listening and copying notes that teachers either write on the … Continue reading Classroom Conversations
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