The greatest wisdom I’ve heard in my career was from my Master Teacher, Anthony Tebelskis: The secret of good teaching is taking kids from the concrete to the abstract. In other words: Making the hard stuff easy. Since then, over 10 years have passed and I’ve learned several ways to make that happen. Along with [...]
Teaching Technology Takes Kids Farther: PowerPoint
February 3rd, 2008 · 129 Comments · Blogging Teachers, Lead Stories, Teaching Technologies
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Paper Does Not Control Me
January 29th, 2008 · 64 Comments · Blogging Teachers, Thumbnail Stories
Teaching requires all your wit and candor to reach the kids. When the copy machine takes more than you have, it kind of wrecks your day, doesn’t it? I want to give you an example of how blogs can be therapeutic as well as educational, as I take you through a day when I was [...]
