I am, as Mark Prensky would say, a “digital immigrant.” Having not grown up immersed in technology, I find myself printing out e-mails, printing out documents to proofread, and calling people to ask, “Did you get my e-mail?” Therefore, when I first heard that Dr. Ruby Payne was designing a classroom simulation—a serious computer game—to [...]
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My friend, an English teacher, called me to complain at the end of last school year. It was hot, near the end of the year, and the kids were finishing up reading Orwell’s 1984. She’s a great teacher. She had them reading articles about privacy acts, privacy laws, etc. They were searching the newspapers in class and making [...]
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“Best practice” is a term casually thrown around in education today that refers to strategies and approaches that are research-based and proven. However, it seems like “best practice” is changing shape and form, whether it be in a new direction or back toward tried and true ways. Some of the best lessons I taught were [...]
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