Welcome to the blogosphere: the educational use of blogs.
An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Ray covers the basics of using a weblog (blog) in the classroom at literally any educational level, K-12. Dubbing them […]
Read more ›Archive for June, 2010
Leveraging gender differences to boost test scores.
An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn This article explained how boys are scoring lower than girls on reading tests, and how the gap continues to grow […]
Read more ›The structural approach to cooperative learning
An Annotation Holly Waterman Cooperative learning is not necessarily having students work in the same group of four for every project throughout the year. Instead […]
Read more ›Blog on: building communication and collaboration among staff and students.
An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Poling, who is an administrator in Maryland, looks at the span of uses that blogs can have in a school […]
Read more ›Inside the teen brain.
An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn This article explained how the teen brain is more like a child’s than an adult’s, which is contrary to popular […]
Read more ›Cooperative learning: building a democratic community
An Annotation by Holly Waterman There are six benefits as to why cooperative learning can be an effective teaching strategy: Students who are able to […]
Read more ›Learning with wikis
An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Orech goes all out in clearly defining a wiki, providing how a teacher can make and use one, and how […]
Read more ›Best practice: new standards for teaching and learning in America’s schools.
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The chapter is a fabulously detailed and thoughtful discussion of six methods to create a student-centered classroom: integrative units, small-group […]
Read more ›Whose interpretations matter most – teacher’s or students?
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The article begins with a comparison and contrast of two classrooms, each discussing the character of Queen Gertrude in Hamlet. […]
Read more ›Research on writing conventions: U R what U write.
An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Nelson and Feinstein focus on “Netspeak,” which they define as “a blend of speech and writing” (1). Their greatest point, […]
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