Personality Types and the Fringe

I’ve always been an odd duck. It was fortunate that I didn’t really look like one. I wonder how many of the teachers in the edublogosphere find that they are on the fringes. I was intriged by this idea in Clarence’s post.
I am wondering about my ‘re-entry’ into the classroom. I [...]

Homework – Nonacademic benefits?

In my continued reading of Alfie Kohn’s Homework Myth, I was interested in this third chapter right from the outset. I have heard my colleagues talk about the need to practice good homework habits in grade three and four. I’ve nodded sagely and thought to myself – why? However, these were colleagues [...]

Does Homework Improve Learning?

Alfie Kohn takes on the social construct and perma-feature of schools we call homework, in his book, The Homework Myth. In the second chapter, afterwhich this blog post is named, looks at the educational research done on the benefits or drawbacks of homework. This is where you need to trust that Alfie Kohn [...]

Boston Marathon

I have to do a little personal flag waving today. My husband just finished running the Boston Marathon. The conditions were terrible. They are in the middle of a fairly nasty spring storm. He finished 3559th overall but it is a rather large race (20 614 starting out). His time [...]

Why Teach ICT?

Rob Darrow at California Dreamin’ had this video up to share. I want to remember I have it expect it will be better here than in my del.icio.us. Thanks to Aaron as well. Where in the world is Aaron Schmidt? Canada, I think. Enjoyed my first trip to his site.
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School is…

My daughter and son are playing school today. She set all of her stuffies on her bed in a row with one at the front and walked away saying,”Have a good day in school!” and closed the door.
Am I to understand that in her view school is a place where you sit in rows [...]

The Homework Myth

I have started reading Alfie Kohn’s, The Homework Myth.  I am very comfortable with the bias.  I find myself questioning the background and methodology because I agree.  Strange, I guess I want to make sure that someone I agree with so firmly has used excellent methods and research to back ‘us’ up.  I have only [...]

Prisoners of Time

Time is a scarce commodity.  No one has enough.  We talk about how busy we are and how much there is to do.  How do we fit it all in?
In “Prisoners of Time“, A U. S. National Education Commision identified time as the missing component in the education system in the U.S. Lack of time [...]