Whitnall schools' Petric to retire early By DANI McCLAIN
dmcclain@journalsentinel.comPosted: Dec. 13, 2007
Whitnall School District's superintendent is expected to request early retirement at a School Board meeting Monday, a board member said Thursday.
4-K program endorsed Pewaukee School Board could act next monthBy AMY HETZNER
ahetzner@journalsentinel.comPosted: Dec. 12, 2007
Village of Pewaukee - Citing possible academic benefits and parent support, a task force has recommended that the Pewaukee School District implement a 4-year-old kindergarten program in partnership with preschool providers.
Web opening new classroom doors Online teaching tools catching on in traditional schoolsBy AMY HETZNER
ahetzner@journalsentinel.comPosted: Dec. 13, 2007
When students from her 10th-grade honors class returned from summer break, Arrowhead High School teacher Kathy Nelson organized an online open-house activity to discuss three novels they had read during their time off.
The final chapter of Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe’s Understanding by Design is a summary of the research presented in refutation of three common reasons educators give for why they do not implement UbD: 1) “We have to teach to the test”; 2) “We have too much content to cover”; and 3) “This work [backward design] is too hard and I just don’t have the time” (303, 309, 316). I heard a few people chime in with that last one, especially. While this last chapter may convince those who are still on the fence, I’m not sure it is wholly necessary for teachers who are already on board with UbD to read, unless they need to convince others, and I’m not sure those who are thoroughly unconvinced of the efficacy of UbD (and have remained so after reading up to this point) will become convinced.
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This insight into molelecular evolution, from the text in the above illustration, may explain the core obstacle that has kept estalished education from embracing the connective world of the Internet:
Tags: misleading, seriously, Tree-likeSara Kajder is a terrific speaker and a dynamite educator. She was kind enough to let me record her session at TRLD so much of this post is her voice. I was able to attend all three of her sessions. They were well worth it. Having it recorded is truly wonderful because when you get the opportunity to hear from incredible educators like Sara and then you can listen again it gives you to oppportunity to truly reflect on her message. She is an Assistant Professor of English Education and Literacy at Virginia Tech. She is also teaching full time in an 11th grade as part of a research project. She is a previous high school and middle school English and Chemistry teacher.
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