Avenue4Learning

Recently, I overheard some educators discussing personal websites, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. Although I wasn’t a part of this conversation, I couldn’t help but hear what they were saying (okay, I was eavesdropping).
The most disappointing part of what I heard was this statement: “Oh, who has time for all of that garbage?!?! All those things [...]

I am always extremely encouraged when I hear about teachers who incorporate blogging as a tool for students to reflect and evaluate. There are some really great classroom blogs where teachers have provided some guidelines about blogging and expectations for their students. One good example of a classroom blog is the South Titan [...]

October Think-About:

If you compiled a list of  “must reads” for educators -  books, articles, blog posts, etc. – what would you include?
Sometimes, I think to myself, “If only they could read [ insert title here ], maybe that would help them wrap their minds around these challenging ideas/philosophies.”
Think of the conversations we could have [...]

Today is Blog Action Day 08, and I started thinking about experiences I had while I was in the classroom.
I taught in a very small school, and there were very few families of “average” socioeconomic status. There were many well above average, and many well below. It was an environment somewhat foreign to me, as [...]