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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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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...

I am ready to think about changing the education of children beyond my four walls. What caused this change? Take a listen.

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...

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...

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...

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? I recently read Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. It was the last in the perfect trilogy of books...

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...

My fingers are not touching keyboard. I am writing this using the voice recognition software that came with my laptop. I have absolutely no...

(INTRO FIXED) What is the most underrated tool in a teacher's repertoire? Humor! It might be the most underused, disrespected, most misunder...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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! 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...

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...

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...

Recently I responded to one of Kevin Honneycutt's Driving Questions podcast questions "What is one thing you would change about schools?" I...

Kevin Honeycutt posed a classic question on his podcast "Driving Questions." He asked, "What is one thing you would change about schools?" H...

What can you learn from your students? Watch them carefully and they will tell you what they need and when they need it. Let them teach, and...

Rhythm...important to music, important to teaching. Listen while I try to establish some rhythm.

Grade this podcast -- go ahead...I double dog dare you. A podcast about grades and assessments. Really, grade this podcast. But I want you t...

Wow! This podcasting thing is much harder than I thought. It's funny how I have all these thoughts flying around in my head but the second I...

I trust my kids. Every opinion they give is true and honest. Why don't we use the opinions of our children to improve our teaching? Are we a...

My first podcast. Just an experiment to test the recorder -- next time I will actually try to have a focus : )