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Angela Maiers presents this slideshow on reading comprehension.  I wish I had attended the actual workshop, however, the slideshow still raises several important points about reading.  My favorite among them is the part about how we offer ridiculous extrinsic incentives for reading that have little to do with fostering a genuine love of reading.  The [...]

Larry tagged me to post a little bit more about myself. 1. What was I doing 10 years ago? I had just turned 21 and was working part time for an afterschool enrichment program while pursuing a job working in film development and completing the editing on my own feature film. 2. What are my 5 things on [...]

In the past year I’ve become aware of two subscription services marketed at schools, NetTrekker and Renzulli Learning.  Both of which are essentially portals to the internet.  NetTrekker allows teachers to search the internet and get readability information on web sites and Renzulli allows teachers to assess students’ interests and then assist them in finding [...]

Let’s face it, most teachers don’t read blogs.  If you’re reading this blog by e-mail then this might be the only blog you read.  If you have time for a few more, here are a few I may not have recommended before.  I’m only recommending practical, news you can use blogs.  For my other favorites, [...]

I was tagged by Janice Stearns to post a few of my beliefs in education. I believe… that technology is not just for the gifted kids. that all students are gifted, it’s just that some are gifted in ways we haven’t discovered yet. all students can learn if only we could find a way to teach them. that parental support [...]