Videos
Creativity on the decline
U niversity of Oregon educational psychologist Ron Beghetto observed the following abo…
Writing
Springing to the finish
T omorrow I head to Central Mass for Easter with my wife, folks, and sister. After tha…
Research
Mass Ed Board Adopts National Academic Standards
From the Boston Globe : State education officials have been exploring the possibility …
Writing
Technology's Role in 21st Century Education
T he teenager clad in sweatpants and Ugg boots shuffles in her seat, disinterested, a…
Videos
Inventing the new paradigm
A t a recent TED event, school technology leader Scott McLeod admonishes the current…
Videos
The science of human motivation
A uthor Daniel Pink on rethinking the use of incentives to get people to accomplish ta…
Writing
From the Teacher's Desk
A sampling of musings from the mind of a suburban high school English teacher: School…
Writing
Elegance in writing
Props to Bruce Schauble for this post on elegance . I also appreciated the Universal I…
Writing
30 Ideas for Teaching Writing
Some good suggestions from the National Writing Project . Click here to view in PDF f…
Writing
Fun with poetry
T oday I received a hard-bound copy of Pine Tree Poetry's national anthology of s…
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea Research Project
I 've revised the Old Man and the Sea research project my 9th graders complete be…
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird Research Project Advice
While searching for information on your assigned topic, try doing a refined Google sea…
