Tag Archives: elementary school
Armchair Activist: How Many Clicks Does it Take?
You are an armchair activist armed with Facebook statuses and the click click click of the Like button. You are the world’s misleading expert on everything amassed from hours online. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. You’re armed with Likes based on quarter-researched comments on someone else’s timeline. Never a need to express your own opinions when the […]
May 22, 2018 1:51 pm
Semantics in the Era of “Sup?”
“Semantics semantics you don’t know semantics. Semantics matter, Mom!” my 7-year-old sang to my wife while at the dinner table the other evening. While she sang and pointed, my wife shot me an evil glance, and the kid and I cracked up laughing. It was funny. It was very funny. At the same time, it […]
May 15, 2018 9:18 am
Your Pseudo-Struggles, and the Effect on Your Students
It’s Monday morning, and I’m wondering if the teachers with whom I work are standing outside their doors, and greeting each student as they meander into the classroom. Are they shaking their hands? Are they asking about the music in their headphones? Are they asking about what they read, or saw, or discovered, or questioned […]
May 7, 2018 9:16 am
Confessions of an Educator
What is “Confessions of an Educator”? Too often teachers rely on what they learn in their education programs, and then are scared when they walk into their own classroom, and in front of their own students. The purpose of “Confessions of an Educator”, is to pull back the curtains on education, on instructional practice, on […]
April 30, 2018 1:39 pm