Archive for June, 2007
The World to Come
I have just returned from 6 glorious days at the beach with six absolutely wonderful teenagers, all of whom happen to be related to me : )
When I was growing up we went to the beach every summer to a practically primitive place. It had no television or phone. We complained about that […]
Read More..>>The “Small Pieces Loosely Joined” Conversation Continues
Jim Groom starts an interesting conversation here that I confess to not completely understand. We have been a Blackboard institution, and I have seen that this is just not going to do what we need to do. It is too restrictive, and it was designed for a model of learning that is inaccurate (which is […]
Read More..>>Take a Seat
Someone once told me that students who sit in the back on the left will always be the most difficult. She said these “back left corner students” were there because they were the most cynical.
Since I ususally teach in a classroom with 3 large, round tables, this doesn’t exactly translate well, and yet I […]