As the project introduction date loomed closer and closer I was getting more and more nervous. “Am I really ready for this? Do I have everything together? Will the students buy in?” I’m not sure I’ve ever been so nervous about unveiling a big project despite being more prepared than I’ve ever been.
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I’m going to attempt to post interesting bits I’ve found recently, both as a way to share with the community things I’ve found, and as a way to reflect upon items I’ve found. I won’t go as far to guarantee I’ll do this weekly (I’d like to), but whenever I get together 5-10 interesting items, [...]
For the last several weeks I’ve been following the story of a student teacher who has been blogging his triumphs, failures, and frustrations of his credential program and of teaching in the classroom.
Recently a teacher from within his department confronted him on it with the ominous: “We, the department, know you’re blogging.ยน” The blog [...]
I’ve just wrapped up a class in which I was required to participate in online threaded discussions. I was hoping for some good discourse on curriculum theory and development. Instead it turned into a lot of, “Why, yes, I agree with you completely,” and “I couldn’t have said it better myself.” I found myself becoming [...]
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Ben Wildeboer. 9th grade science teacher, etc.
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