By Rita Platt What is your philosophy of education? This was the question that the professor asked us in my second year of my teacher education undergraduate program. Philosophy of education? I had no idea. In fact it wasn’t until [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh People need to talk because we’re highly social organisms! Students should not be expected to sit silently and do their work. The author states, “discussion has many advantages, not the least of which is that [...]
An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer McPherson focuses one the differences between wikis and blogs, the different types of wikis available (as of 2006), how reading levels of various wikis and electronic information should be considered by teachers, and inherent learning [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh Internal control psychology’s choice theory is the topic of this book. The author has been an educator for over 30 years, and he began practicing this theory over 20 years ago. Glasser developed the theory [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The author has compiled and named a myriad of techniques used by K-12 teachers and college professors. One recurring theme throughout the book is the importance of pacing. According to this author, the teacher must [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh According to this author, through the use of literature circles, students “become information literate by reading authentic literature, thinking about the messages and intent of the author, listening to peers discuss their own interpretations, cooperatively [...]
An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer Lankshear and Knobel elaborately outline: the history of blogging, the anatomy of a weblog, a detailed step-by-step process of how to set up a blog, and the types of blogs that existed as of 2003. [...]
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh Divided into seven main chapters: student motivation, enhancing motivation and commitment to quality, making teaching easier, building knowledge and understanding, collaborative groups, self-reflection and assessment prompts, and exciting projects, products, and performance ideas, this book [...]
An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer This article really was by Emily Van Noy, the teacher who employed blogging in her classroom, and Kajder and Bull assisted in writing it. The focus was primarily on steps in setting up and using [...]
McKeown, M. & Beck, I. (November 1999). “Getting the discussion started.” Educational Leadership. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. An Annotation by Laurie Walsh I read an article on the constructivist approach to teaching literature, which involves a classroom where [...]
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