OK, I can’t hold it in anymore. The time has come for a public service announcement regarding some alarming usage problems I see in the blogosphere.
The past tense of the verb lead is led, not lead.
I know why you’re confused. The past tense of read is read, so it is natural to assume that the word lead, which looks so much like read, must work the same way.
Here’s a handy guide:
If I lead, will you follow?
Tags: UsageI’ve been very busy lately. First, I had to finish the complete draft of my thesis to be sent to the external reviewer before the defense. Then, I immediately turned my attention to EduCon 2.0. It’s an important event for me for many reasons. First of all, it comes at a time when my research and thesis are finished and I can finally reflect on the whole experience which, as you can imagine, was about so much more than blogging. Yes, the thesis focuses on what happens when a group of grade eight students start researching and blogging while their teacher becomes a listener, a learner, and a contributor. But what I’ve learned from the research goes beyond blogging. My research taught me many important things about teacher professional development, classroom design, virtual environments, pedagogical shifts in the 21st century, and the nature of learning and instructional conversations. That’s one reason why I’m looking forward to EduCon 2.0 - planning a presentation/conversation for those who are interested in attending my session gives me an amazing opportunity to reflect on what I have learned.
Tags: EduCon, Forward, LookingSome of you may already be familiar with Philip Scott Johnson’s videos on YouTube, but in case you aren’t, here is a sample (one of his more popular videos):
Johnson’s videos have a lot of potential for use in art and social studies classes. In the tradition that a picture is worth a thousand words, his videos will speak volumes to students studying topics as diverse as the Civil War, geography, film, and Picasso.
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