Filtered Learning
image from https://hadoopi.wordpress.com One of my GT ISP students made a side comment once that I believe is so profound it should shape...
Summer...
School is out and I have so many plans--classes to take, books to read, saved seminars to watch, curriculum to create, words to write....
Kings of Independent Study
New nerd obsession. The Way of Kings book series by Brandon Sanderson. A time consuming, wonderful indulgence. And of course we can find...
Problem with Word Problems
The problem with word problems is this--Who cares? Really. If you can't make the connection for the student to why the problem is a real...
Algebra is My Zen Garden
One of my GT ISP students lingered in my room one afternoon on his way from tennis to his car. That is so often how my best mentoring is...
This is Not a Test--JLV
Jose Vilson's book, "This is Not a Test" has been thought provoking. I have enjoyed his candid personal stories of his journey to a...
Represent!
What Diversity Do You Bring, Part2? In my last post I asked the questions, "What culture/persons do you represent? What diversity do we...
On Attendance...
If you had a choice, would you choose to go to school? With the new school ranking systems and focus on improvement, one of the areas...
Tweet To Learn
I learned something tweet! OK, cheesey...but... Did you know that when you put the #something on Twitter, it tags the post for specific...
Speak Up!
With all the debating and promises and agendas during the presidential debate, something struck a cord with me. Clinton at one point has...