Teaching & Learning

There is no question that the rest of the world will continue to forge ahead with adopting new technology and implementing new marketing and communication strategies well before those of us in the education world will. However, I have spent some time recently thinking and Twittering with friends and colleagues (@steveritchie @ernestkoe @alexragone @AdmissionsQuest ) [...]

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If you are anything like me, I am sure that you have days at work when you sit back and wonder “Why am I doing this?” or ponder thoughts like “I should be selling beach toys to tourists.” Lets face it, it happens to all of us from time to time. We allow our emotions, [...]

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A colleague recently asked me how I set up the WA Mash Twitter account so that it allowed for students to be able to post to that account. While I feel strongly that Twitter needs to find a way to set up groups, waiting for that to happen may have you waiting a long time. [...]

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Lately, most of my time has been spent working with my creative writing students on the development of a new online magazine called “WA Mash” (Worcester Academy Mashup) and in short, it has re-energized my teaching practice. In 1996 I began my first year of teaching and was given as part of my teaching load, [...]

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We are conducting technology professional development a little differently at our school this year. A few years back we borrowed the idea of “Tech in 20″ sessions, small, 20 minute professional development sessions that hit upon concrete, real hands on resources that teachers can use right after they leave. Our Director of Academic Technology, David [...]

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I want to thank Peter Baron of Admissions Quest for asking me to speak with him on the Boarding School Podcast about my work on WA Mash. Part of the reason I have been far to busy to post here on my regular blog is because much of my energy has been devoted to getting [...]

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Here is a recap of some great posts on education, technology, creativity and other interesting ideas floating out in the blogosphere.
Philosophy of Education
Technology in the classroom can also increase the productivity of the teacher and make instruction flow much smoother! For productivity, the teacher can use technology to communicate with students, parents, other teachers, …
Jessica [...]

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Below is a recap of some of the more interesting stories about education, technology, leadership and creativity floating out in the blogosphere. Enjoy!
Civil Rights in the Digital Era
Yesterday, the Wired Campus, a regular education-technology feature at The Chronicle of Higher Ed, featured a short article by Josh Fischman called, “The Civil-Rights Era, Now on the [...]

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I am hoping to provide a weekly digest of interesting stories in the news that deal with education, teaching, leadership and technology. Enjoy!
Noneducation Majors Find Teaching Appealing
RedOrbit, TX - May 16, 2008
Recruits often have no prior education experience or course work. They get five weeks of intensive training the summer before they start teaching, [...]

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