Ch-ch-ch-changes....and my lack of power.
I am ready to think about changing the education of children beyond my four walls. What caused this change? Take a listen.
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Turkey Crossing
This is a podcast about education and my attempt to use classroom 2.0 tools in my classroom. I examine topics that often go unmentioned in education classes, professional development, and jo...
Episodes
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My Kid's first days with wiki's and blogs...
This is the first year I started all 100 kids on blogs and wiki's at the same time during the first week of school...how did it go? Take a l...
Convincing the parents that 2.0 is the way to go!
I had a meeting during the first week of school to introduce the parents on our team to blogs, wikis, and podcasts. How did it go? Take a li...
First Day of School
The first day of school is a special day for teachers and students. It sets the tone for the year. How do you set the tone on the first day...
"Three Questions"
Today I had tears in my eyes. Wallingford, CT's teacher of the year, Karen Ripa, gave a short presentation to all of the teachers on the eve...
How do you get a lesson to stick?
How do you get a lesson to stick? I recently read Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. It was the last in the perfect trilogy of books...
Give your kids a break!
My brain froze last week while reading a book. I needed a break. I just could not read anymore. I had been researching and reading about the...
Voice Recognition Software
My fingers are not touching keyboard. I am writing this using the voice recognition software that came with my laptop. I have absolutely no...
Why ha-ha leads to Ah-ha
(INTRO FIXED) What is the most underrated tool in a teacher's repertoire? Humor! It might be the most underused, disrespected, most misunder...
Welcome two guests!
I gave my recorder to two teachers who carpool together and had them answer one question. What I learned from their response had nothing to...
Why does lecturing sometimes work?
Lectures can be very effective...so what do you think about that. At least some can...well at least one or two a year under the right circum...
Does anyone have the directions for giving directions?
Do we give kids too many directions? Every year I get a class of kids who seemingly cannot operate without very explicit directions. They ne...
Connecticut's BEST
Second year teachers in Connecticut have to pass in a portfolio of a unit they prepared. These are scored from a 1 to a 4. Get a two or high...
I need your help!!!
If you had one hour to convince your school district to allow you to use Classroom 2.0 tools what would you do? I have a meeting with the as...
Will more connections outside of the classroom lead to fewer connections inside the classroom?
In my push to utilize all the classroom 2.0 tools everyday and connect with every part of the globe will I forget to connect with my kids? W...
Parent Conferences 2.0 -- Using wikis and Flashmeeting
Do you think it would be be a good idea to offer parents the chance to have a conference with their child's teacher from the comfort of thei...
Daddy I peed! or... What words do you not want to hear while teaching?
Daddy I peed! Those were the words that inspired this podcast at 2:00 am in a tent on Cape Cod yesterday. They are words that I probably lea...
Do you listen to your kids?
Students evaluating teachers...sounds scary doesn't it. It can be for many teachers. What if we actually asked kids how we are doing? Why do...
What would be the one thing you would not change about schools? Student Responses.
Ahhhh...it's over. One more school year ended today. After baking in the 95 degree heat up in the third floor, I think we all left very tire...
If you could change one thing about schools....student responses.
Recently I responded to one of Kevin Honneycutt's Driving Questions podcast questions "What is one thing you would change about schools?" I...