January 2009
10 posts
Bringing Educon2.1 home on Teachers Teaching...
For many of us Educon 2.1 lived up to its expectations! It was real, grassroots motivation. It was a time to keep connecting, keep challenging, keep on keeping on with changing our schools. What was it like for you? We’d love to hear your reflections. Please join us as we talk about how we are bringing Educon 2.1 home. Jump on Skype, and join us in the chat room at...
How the Web Changes Nothing. And Everything
What does writing afford that other media doesn’t? In other words, in a multimedia world why still write? Aren’t we moving toward a more oral and visual culture of communication?
This line of questioning feels like it is coming from the same place that an earlier—and on-going—set of questions was coming from. The earlier set of questions had to do with literature. What is...
Darfur Awareness and other projects this Spring......
Remember The Many Voices of Darfur that George Mayo and Wendy Drexler dreamed up at last year’s Educon? We’ll be catching up with George and other teachers who are planning projects for this Spring this Wednesday on Teachers Teaching Teachers. Others of us who will be using Youth Voices will be chatting about our plans as well. Join Alice Barr and Susan Ettenheim and Paul...
Brainyflix, Digital Photography, and Fair Use on...
We have a least three reasons for you to join us this week on Teachers Teaching Teachers. Join us, at http://EdTechTalk.com/live at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific USA Wednesdays / 01:00 UTC Thursdays World Times.
Susan Ettenheim, Sarah Sutter, and Chris Sloan brought their digital photography classes together on Youth Voices. Susan and Sarah had their students share final projects recently. Join...
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Reading, Literature, Books
I’ve been thinking about these three things and their place in a secondary school curriculum. So far, I’ve been thinking that I need more clarity on what we mean by each of these terms.
What is reading? There are a sorts of reading behaviors that we value in schools. Do we mean that we want students to enjoy reading fiction? Where does non-fiction fit? And within that unhelpful...