Mar 172009
 
New Paths Ahead

If you’ve been following me on Twitter for any substantial length of time, you’ll know that I’ve been searching for, preparing documents for, and applying to graduate schools for the 2009-10 academic year. Well, after returning from a 4-day field trip in the jungle with 66 sixth-graders, I received this email (abridged) from the program […]

 17 March, 2009  Posted by at 6:32 pm change, On the Personal Side, Professional Development Tagged with: , , , ,  6 Responses »
Mar 032009
 
Gr8tweets in March

I’ve decided to participate in the latest suggestion by Sue Waters over at The Edublogger. And I invite you to join us for for Gr8tweets for the month of March in order to: Commit to trying out Twitter for a month Find interesting people to follow on Twitter Share what you value about Twitter See […]

 3 March, 2009  Posted by at 8:40 pm Cool Tools, Professional Development Tagged with: , , ,  1 Response »
Feb 232009
 
On Testing and Assessment (or, Why I Love MYP)

I was reading a recent post on Bridging Differences about assessment, and in particular, testing. I respect Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch greatly, and will take a short minute first to say that if you’re an educator and you don’t follow their epistolary-style blog, you really should.  Anyway, the post is about testing and the […]