"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."~ William Butler Yeats Many of us will face many new learners as a new semester of classes begin. For many of us this can be a frightening and stressful experience. It should be. We have an enormous responsibility as educators to inspire our students to be continuous Read full article »
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Filling the Gap by Joel Josephson
by Guest Author, Joel Josephson As educators we are more than constantly frustrated by the interference of academics (with little or no experience of the teaching of children), politicians and administrators with little or no direct pedagogic experience in the education process. Their solution to raising educational standards, almost globally, is to test children as a way to weed out bad teachers, Read full article »
What Will You Learn this Summer? 26 Professional Development Resources
Part of the Cool Sites series Photo adapted from Flickr by kevindooley licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. Summer has officially started for many of you! I know that you will probably be relaxing for the first few days, but eventually you may feel the need to be inspired and motivated for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year! Social Read full article »
Goal 13: Help Them Reflect on Their Failures #30Goals
Goal 13 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2011 Goal Short-term- Have students write a reflection about what they feel they fail at and what they learn from failing and how it impacts them. Long-term- Find ways to allow room for failure in your classroom and have students reflect on it. Quote "Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.” ~Proverb Fantastic Posts about this Goal! Terry Read full article »
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