by admin | Dec 14, 2010 | Blog
Are you concentrating as you read this? Are you sure? Will you pause in your reading and click on the hyperlink a few lines down…and then perhaps forget to come back to this blog post? A recent article in the New York Times (“Growing Up Digital: Wired...
by Amy Awbrey Pallangyo | Oct 15, 2010 | Blog
In my last post, I put my cards on the table about informational reading. I think we have had far too many distractions for far too long about the lack of reading skills that justify lecture, and don’t get me started on photocopying and handing out teacher...
by Amy Awbrey Pallangyo | Aug 14, 2010 | Blog
Textbooks used to be the mainstay of instructional resources in the classroom. One of the greatest struggles teachers had was asking students to read the textbook, answer the questions, and be able to remember anything they had read. This frustration led to wide...
by aperkins | Dec 15, 2009 | Blog
End of semester exams have been given. You are either gaining a new set of students in January or you are carrying over former students to the second leg of the academic year. Either way, it’s time to begin writing the summative assessment you’ll be giving in May. Why...
by smcneely | Nov 20, 2009 | Blog
I suspect that all across America, much like in my schools in the Kentucky/Indiana region, overhead projector bulbs are finally burning out and the equipment is being replaced with newer, more engaging technology like document projectors, interactive whiteboards, and...
