When you tell someone you were once a high school English teacher, that person often asks, “Who’s your favorite author?” Or, “What’s your favorite book?” I never hesitate; my immediate answer is Pat Conroy. I stumbled upon his book The Lords of Discipline and The Great Santini while in college and have never turned back. I […]
TED Talks that may be of interest to Teachers
April 28, 2011 by
TED Talks provide viewers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary and ideas. The contents of many TED Talks can be directly or indirectly applied to classroom practice. Also check out Teaching With TED. Some TED Talks directly about education. 1. John Wooden on Winning vs. Success. A coach who emphasises teaching and developing character over winning. […]
Why Bill Gates (and Christopher Pyne!)are Wrong
April 1, 2011 by
Bill Gates in his Washington Post article, http://tinyurl.com/47mxu7e How Teacher Development Could Revolutionize Our Schools suggests that one approach is to get more students in front of top teachers by identifying the top 25 percent of teachers and asking them to take on four or five more students. Part of the savings could then be […]
Movement to Transform Learning: A Guest Blog by George Lucas
I didn’t enjoy school very much. Occasionally, I had a teacher who would inspire me. But as an adult, as I began working with computer technology to tell stories through film, I began to wonder, “Why couldn’t we use these new technologies to help improve the learning process?” Twenty years ago when we started The […]