Interview with Judy Piazza
December 29th, 2006
On Wednesday December 27, 2006 I was interviewed by Judy Piazza of the Student Operated Press. You can hear the interview here.
Archive
Archive for December, 2006
Student teacherless
December 19th, 2006
All good things must come to an end. My student teacher has left me to go back to CSU to graduate. She will become a superb teacher in her time and I am proud that I had the opportunity to help her learn. I am a better teacher because of my time with her.
Good luck Caitlin. You’ve touched many lives during the last four months and will touch many more in your career.
NCTE presentation podcast
December 18th, 2006
This link will take you to Bud Hunt’s website where he has posted the presentation that we did with Greg at NCTE in November.
Enjoy
The Best
December 18th, 2006
Thursday night I was reminded of a session that I had attended at the 2005 NCTE annual convention in Pittsburgh, PA. I’ve actually written about this before, but I think it bears repeating.
The speaker, when asked about why they implemented a one-to-one laptop program simply answered, “We wanted to be the best high school in the nation.” That’s an impressive attitude. During a conversation with a colleague, this came up again. Why is it that so many of us become complacent in our classrooms? As I look at education I think beyond my classroom. I want my students to be members of a global community. What happens in my class is of little consequence in the overall picture, not that it’s not important, but I think that there is more to education that what happens in individual classrooms.
