Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingFlip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Classroom Every Day by Jonathan Bergmann and Arron Sams (©2012, International Society for Technology in Education: Washington, D.C.) is a must read for anyone interested in flipping their classroom. It provides a window into a flipped classroom led by two educators who were driven by a simple […]
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June 27th, 2012The School Mission Statement – My 70th Book Summary
June 6th, 2012The School Mission Statement: Values, Goals, & Identities in American Education by Steven E. Stemler and Damian J. Bebell (©2012, Eye On Education: Larchmont, NY) is a must-have resource for any school or district creating or reevaluating their mission statement. If you would like your educational outcomes to align with your statements of purpose, this […]
Read entire post...Teachers Gone Wild – Female Teachers in Sex Cases
June 6th, 2012Let’s face it. The fact that it is very difficult or impossible to fire really bad teachers is a black eye for all educators. Even if you can get rid of a bad apple, it will probably come at a high cost to the tax payers. Here are stories from this week’s (6/4/2012) newspapers on […]
Read entire post...The Classroom Teacher’s Technology Survival Guide
June 1st, 2012The Classroom Teacher’s Technology Survival Guide By Doug Johnson (© 2012, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint: Hoboken, NJ) is for educators who want good teaching, not technology, as the focus of their classroom. The book outlines pragmatic ways all teachers can use computers, the Internet, digital cameras, and other technology tools to enhance professional productivity. Doug […]
Read entire post...In and Out of Trouble with Facebook & Twitter
May 29th, 2012Some of these tweets were part of a previous post, and I adding more as I find them. They seem important enough to keep up front for a while. While social media can be fun for some and profitable for others, some adults and youngsters manage to use it to get in trouble. Each of […]
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