When it comes to grading, I don’t mind the small assignments and daily check-off work. It’s the large papers and projects, which consume so much time and cause me stress. I want to get those papers back to the students and off my desk! Thus, I’ve changed my procedures when grading large assignments to reduce [...]

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A few months ago, I logged onto the Obama website for the first time.  I expected to see the standard stream of videos, professional pictures and links asking me to give.  Although the site had aspects of each, I found it to be welcoming, intuitive and inviting me to participate. From the discussion boards to the small donations, the ...

Well, duh, yes of course it does.  But when I saw that that was the title of an op-ed piece in the LA Times, explaining why Reading First isn’t working, I rolled my eyes and figured it would be more moaning about how parents aren’t doing their jobs, so teachers can’t do theirs.  (I’ve heard [...]

While I assess diction analysis papers, personal essay, and literary analysis essays this week in the evening, I have scheduled enrichment films for my students. Here they are: Reading A Gathering of Old Men Malcolm X Separate But Equal Mississippi Burning Reading Frankenstein Edward Scissorhands Frankenstein Reading The Iliad Troy 300 Any ...

New Connecticut teachers are going to have to take a test to prove that they know enough about teaching reading.  I’ve been following this with interest, and have read several angry comments from CT teachers.  I’m for it, and would have no problem taking this test if I lived in CT.  Teaching reading is rocket science [...]

I’m going to use a partner test on Friday with my College in the High School students. I’ve done this before without any trouble. Have you ever done this? How did it go? Did you have to set up special parameters?

Throughout the years many of the preservice and in-service teachers in my classes, workshops, and presentations have requested that I start an email newsletter. They indicate that in addition to this blog they would like to receive occasional emails sharing rich resources related to technology integration. I’m excited to announce that I have ...

Did you know that the Library of Congress and the History Channel have created a partnership? It sounds like teachers will benefit from this as well! According to the Library of Congress website at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-075.html, ''The Library of Congress and History™ have joined forces to create a multimedia partnership to ...

Teachers Employment Network is a leading educational employment source supplier in China, owns abundent of resources of educational employers around China, provide free employment information and career services to  educators, grad-students, intern students who are interested in developing caree life in China. This Summer, we are going to ...