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Blog Post: New Teaching Techniques 2010: NEW TEACHING TECHNIQUES

Someone asked me “How would I teach in today’s environment, what techniques would I employ?

I replied, “How much time do you have to…; Added by William Lambert at 4:23am on December 23, 2009

Blog Post: The Importance of Good Writing Skills in the Workplace: Writing is one of the most important skills in the workplace. Think about it – a doctor needs to write report and prescription for patients, software developers and engineers need to write…; Added by Emma Foster at 6:27am on February 15, 2018

Comment on: Topic 'Perfecting Student Blog Comments': eturn it to the student for corrections. Once acceptable, submit to the blog. I agree about still encouraging proper writing technique, it's what gives structure to our communication. Electronic communication is very vulnerable to misinterpretation. We all need to learn to improve our online communication. I'd see this as an opportunity to promote that. Meanwhile, the artist in me balks a bit at the censorship. I'm sure there's a median there somewhere.…; Added by Kathy Subin at 2:41pm on April 16, 2009

YOU ARE A TEACHER IF...

1) You find humor is other people’s stupidity.

2) You want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to have all your holidays and summers…

Added by rebat kumar dhakal at 3:15am on June 12, 2011

Blog Post: The Future of Education?: Having just found this Ning, I was asked why I wanted to join the "Future of Education?" I was intriqued immediately by the question as my first response was " Why wouldn't I?" and its follow-up…; Added by Kathy Harrison Fuller at 3:18pm on May 30, 2011

Comment on: Topic 'Secretary of Education Discussion 2: No Child Left Behind': c knowledge retention. It doesn't measure quality teaching. You can invigorate NCLB in so many ways. Students deserve accountability for their time spent learning, but this accountability should be mandated from a far more local level. Delegate choice to the state level. Encourage authentic learning and assessment over bubble sheets. But above all, make efforts to raise the quality of the school experience. This is difficult to do from the "top down."…; Added by John Hendron at 6:10pm on January 9, 2009

Group: Visible Thinking for the 21st Century: aging productive thinking? is it integrated into our curriculum? How do we know? How are we making it visible? You are all invited to make your Thinking Visible and share your thoughts and experiences!!!…; Added by Ana Maria Fernandez at 10:52am on March 31, 2010

Comment for: Peter Holtz: rstand my thinking and the actions that I have put to work over the past 16 years to help build an infrastructure that would support non profits in many locations helping inner city kids go through school and into careers. I encourage you to take a look and lend a hand if you see how these ideas could be applied in other cities than Chicago where the issues of poverty and size compound the problems of education.…; Added by Daniel Bassill at 6:23am on March 14, 2009

Comment on: Topic 'Self Directed Learning May be THE most important skill for learners!': esponsibility is to "kick the bird out of the nest" to let the student try out their own direction. The question is, as I see it, both about how to "teach" self direction, if you will accept that oxymoron - and how to encourage the self directed learner to be a critical thinker as well. Too many of my doctoral students, and I am relatively sure you see this yourself, ask me what I want them to do. Thanks for your thoughtful reply, Alana…; Added by E. Alana James at 1:03pm on March 17, 2010