Teaching Generation Tech

Who are you and why are you here?

A long time ago, just after being awarded a teaching position but before beginning it, I started to look at teenagers - I mean really look at them. And they positively freaked me out. They came in all varieties -... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 9:23 AM by Teaching Generation Tech

I'd like to teach the world...

I normally don't ask my readers to do anything for me. This is mostly because it's pretty much my mom and dad and the occasional passerby, forcing me to reconcile that I don't actually have readers. I'm not even convinced... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2009 1:08 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

Tapping Possibility

If there was one idea that I would like to leave with my students it is to open themselves up to possibility. At the broadest level I would like to think that is the true point to education. You never... Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 2:58 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

This isn't adios...

In Spain one rarely hears "Good-bye". They prefer to bid everyone a casual "See you later", even if you're in a big city full of strangers. It's one of my favorite things about their warm, welcoming culture. After seven years...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2009 9:31 AM by Teaching Generation Tech

Rubric, Rubric on the wall

Who's the FOUR-est of them all? I entered this virtual world project a little late in the development process so I was left to look at a finished prototype and figure out where to fit left over pieces, so to... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 08 2009 5:40 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

What I do

I love to ask people what they do for a living. They inevitably give me their job title, but that doesn’t really tell me what they do. I’ve been teaching for the last seven years, so I didn’t really need... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 7:21 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

First Day

I wish someone could have captured a before and after photo of me today. So much like my first day of school decades ago, I left well-pressed and anxious and returned well-worn and exhausted. Not a bad thing, though. I... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 26 2009 2:23 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

Survivor

I’m going to spend a month on this project in Spain, so I have an apartment in Oviedo rather than staying at a hotel. There is no front desk to phone every time I need something, and because I’m in... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 6:54 AM by Teaching Generation Tech

Flat and fast

I hope you have read Thomas Freidman’s “The World is Flat”. If not, I am tempted to assign it for homework. Otherwise it might be a little confusing how an American, a Brazilian, and a Spaniard are sitting in an... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2009 1:17 AM by Teaching Generation Tech

What I did over summer vacation

Well, it’s that time of year again. That magical back-to-school time that feels more like a new year than January 1st. I’ve been absent from my blog for quite a while, but have much to share about what I did... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 17 2009 2:52 AM by Teaching Generation Tech

A learning experience, revisited

As a little girl, spending time with my father was second to nothing – not even giant scoops of chocolate-laced ice cream or permission to stay up late with my three older sisters. This was the man who would take... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 22 2009 8:18 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

www-dot-fun

You may have picked up on the fact that I have no life. I spend my summers thinking about teaching. But, to be fair, I spend my school year thinking about summer. I am spending a lot of time this... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 17 2009 12:42 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

It's the lesson plan, stupid.

A few months into my first year of teaching I had asked the assistant principal for help with a discipline problem. He scheduled a time to come into my classroom and when he arrived, I wrongfully assumed he was there... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 15 2009 7:39 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

Take out the textbook, please.

Like so many first-year teachers, I was handed a textbook in order to begin teaching in September – at that was it. It was understood that seventh graders would learn chapters 1-6 and eighth graders 7-12. My ninth graders would... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 13 2009 4:08 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

Box-arrow-box

How did anyone ever learn anything without a graphic organizer? Teachers love graphic organizers and tout them as a "research-based practice". I'm not buying it. But then again, I didn't go to Teacher School (but please don't tell...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2009 6:30 PM by Teaching Generation Tech

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