Part 2: Digital conversation matters
Regular Radical readers know that I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the role that digital conversations can play in classroom teaching…
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New teachers, you’re not alone: Pick up “See me after class”
In my first year in the classroom, I felt like a failure almost all the time. I didn’t understand that this was normal, and as the months passed, I…
5 Minutes
Media literacy: The beer bowl
Marin Institute, the self-described "alcohol industry watchdog," is sponsoring a Free the Bowl contest which invites students aged 13-20 to submit…
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Digital conversation matters. . .
While new tools for facilitating conversations are playing an increasingly prominent role in the 21st Century, few have spent as much time studying…
9 Minutes
Validation and authority in a Web 2.0 world
By far, the most interesting discussion of the week for me started with a simple tweet: Did I ever share this data literacy survey that I created…
8 Minutes
What parents don't understand. . .
I really worry about public education, y'all. I honestly don't believe that we'll ever be able to make efficient and effective decisions about the…
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Back-to-basics: Parents and educators working together for children
I got to spend an entire day in an all too rare setting...parents, teachers, and grassroot community leaders working together. I was a guest of the…
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Amplifying expert voices: Teachers' letters to Obama
TLN Forum member Anthony Cody authors the blog Living in Dialogue, hosted at the Teacher Magazine website. In early November, Cody used his bully…
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Retaining Net Gen teachers: An impossible dream
Russ Goerend and Joel Zehring are two teachers that I admire and enjoy. Both regularly join conversations about teaching and leading, both are…
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Price check on one parakeet
My wonderful colleague, who teaches 8th grade science next door, got a parakeet for her classroom this year. It is small, cute and yellow and sings…
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