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Following on the heels of one fantastically successful Classroom 2.0 LIVE workshop in Houston and the recent great news that one of my sessions was accepted for TCEA 2009, I received even more great news today… My session titled “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere!” (which focuses on Web 2.0 and other

Record your presentations May 29, 2008 This is gratifying. I got a note today from someone who saw one of my presentations over a year ago: “My name is Daniel . . . .  Just tonight I listened to the CD from your session at the ASCD conference in 2007. Your topic was Blogs, Podcast and Other New Communication Tools..

Dave Saba of DoE: Dave on Ed fame examined the Center for American Progress report on Alternative Teacher Certification possibilities.  In response to his post, I commented that not only are alternative methods of teacher credentialing a must, the development of better new teacher supports must also follow suit.

Dave Saba of DoE: Dave on Ed fame examined the Center for American Progress report on Alternative Teacher Certification possibilities.  In response to his post, I commented that not only are alternative methods of teacher credentialing a must, the development of better new teacher supports must also follow suit.

Dave Saba of DoE: Dave on Ed fame examined the Center for American Progress report on Alternative Teacher Certification possibilities.  In response to his post, I commented that not only are alternative methods of teacher credentialing a must, the development of better new teacher supports must also follow suit.

Look, we all know the statistics.  Many of the hardest-to-teach classes are being taught by the least experienced teachers.  According to Education Week, a study was recently conducted in Philadeliphia evaluating 9th graders, “the make-or-break year for many students on the path to dropping out of

Look, we all know the statistics.  Many of the hardest-to-teach classes are being taught by the least experienced teachers.  According to Education Week, a study was recently conducted in Philadeliphia evaluating 9th graders, “the make-or-break year for many students on the path to dropping out of

I know the use of new teachers in harder-to-teach classrooms is frowned upon, but maybe they have some pros in the face of so many cons: energy, passion, and flexibility.

Schools as Worker Incubators and Education Reform Posted by Rick Tanski on May 21, 2008 Subtitle: Education Reform Legislation Debrief -5.21.08  Today at the CASE Legislative Debrief, we received an overview of the very active legislative session and the education bills that were passed (and

Since NECC of 2007, and during several other conferences throughout the year there have been conversations taking place about a need to move beyond the echo chamber. Many educators see the value of web 2.0 tools and the potential for use in their own learning/professional practice and also classroom practices.