Summer plans?
Here’s a great post on the NY Times Learning Network on Maker Culture, Connected Learning, and Innovation.
Why Kids Should Grade Teachers
The end of the semester is upon us! How about getting feedback from your students in the form of course evaluations. An article in The Atlantic points to evidence that students have valuable feedback for us. Here are some I used a few years ago. This semester I think I’ll go digital…
Great Resources for ELLs and the Common Core
Colorin Colorado: A bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners.
Great Blog Post With Many Resources for Teaching Argumentative Writing
http://maryannreilly.blogspot.com/2012/09/resources-for-teaching-argumentative.html Plus, 8 Strategies for Designing Lesson Plans to Teach Argumentative Writing. And, a resource for teaching about strong and weak arguments. In addition, some ideas for teaching annotation and close reading.
Great argument resources on #engsschat tonight!
The complete list of education hashtags. Check out this list of education chats on Twitter. Or this article from The Learning Network at the NY Times.
An Example of an Inquiry Group (aka Community of Practice) Improving Education
Check out how these teachers focused on improving academic vocabulary. http://www.literacyinlearningexchange.org/casestudy/bringing-academic-vocabulary-everyday-practice
50 Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter
Check out this post and others from Edudemic.com. http://edudemic.com/2012/10/worldwide-education-twitter/
Regents Prep Apps
Teacherswithapps reviewed a Suite of Regents Prep Apps. Are they useful for our students?
Preemptive Education Conference September 28-30
The Preemptive Education Conference finds its roots in the Urban Word NYC’s Annual Mentor, Teacher, Educator & Community Activist Training. Now in collaboration with the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at NYU, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, CUNY Graduate Center, NYCoRE, El Puente, and … Read more
