Let’s remember that, for the purposes of getting to know each other and to know with whom we are talking, we were going to send in bios to share with the group. But then summer was over and we got all busy. The category for those who have already submitted bios is the “Group Members” category. So […]

I read this in the school news: A sophomore this year, Sandy Romero has improved her time by 9 minutes in the 5K from last year. Sandy worked very hard this summer and didn’t miss a single cross country training session all summer. I would be a fool to not do a story about this

We need to have some examples of releases to videotape. I’ve got one somewhere but I can’t find it. I’ll look for it. Send ’em in. There are at least ten teachers, members of this blog community, who are needing to come up with a form before they can start taping. However, it is important to note

I got this from Skip today. It’s a good question and I’ll bet he’s not the only one thinking about this: Hi Ben, I have been really focusing on SLOW this year. I have REALLY gone slow with my Spanish 1 classes. I have intentionally done all of the things that Linda Li and Bryce

Tell me what you think, if this helps or not. I voiced over the first video I put up last week, just to see if it can help in this process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fX_mP_L7rc

I got this question from a colleague: With new standards being put out, anti-teacher legislation being proposed in so many states, more and more “accountability” being demanded, it seems as if the teaching profession is being thrust further into the traditional, Stone Age way of teaching. So my question is, “Will we, and by WE

One simple idea for parents night is to demo a Three Ring Circus, because you only have usually ten minutes to reach your audience so a story or even PQA is out of the question. I got this from a colleague who feels that Three Rings works with parents: Last night was middle school curriculum night.

I got this today: I am in the process of working to get my teacher certification. In my state you can submit an extensive portfolio of work to a “peer review” panel and get you can get certified that way. It is a huge amount of work to put together and I am up to

This is a more general response to what David wrote, some thoughts about the change we are in: I deeply feel that we in teaching are in the midst of a profound shift in education from the mind (the science of teaching) to the heart (the art of teaching). We are learning, and quickly now,

David’s comment on the toughness of his largely Asian ESL kids in supporting families working for the corporation called FedEx gives us cause to reflect on what we are really doing in education. What is our profession really all about? In my opinion, what we do exhibits a form of patriotism that is of a different

I mentioned that I want to videotape my workshop with DPS teachers on Monday to help get a clearer version of the story I have already posted some clips of here. I will be able to do that because the audience fo this session will have had no French at all and I will have to

A blog member sent this. He makes a point that pretty much outlines the way I feel about how the video project: Hi Ben, I feel this idea of standardizing the way to comment on videos, or establishing common criteria, etc. reminds me too much of what I am trying to escape!…the data crunching monster that