Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Learning for an Education or a Grade?

This article in the NY Times gives an overview of what is happening to students who have learned in K-12 that if they work hard they should get an A and then go to college where the expectation is that you will also demonstrate higher level thinking. This if food for thought if you are teaching in K-12. What are we setting students up for? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/education/18college.html?em

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Writing in the digital world

I came upon this website when it was reviewed by the BBC recently. I have been looking for something like this that I can use with my students. Even though the site is not geared towards students it reads well and should be usefull to the student who wants the info NOW! Let me know what you think of it.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Online Classes

How will online classes on platforms like Moodle impact the environment that we know is optimal for student learning? This NY Times article suggests more of our classes will be taught online soon.