Pedagogy for the 21st Century
Just like last year (2009) USA President Barack Obama is going to deliver what has become his annual “Back To School” speech on September 14th.
The speech will be broadcast online. Click the link above to go to the White House press release for more information.
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Those of you that are new to our site may not have seen our Learning Theories page. The page is basically a summary of some of the more important educational theories and learning theories in general. If you are a classroom teacher or a student studying to become one it would be useful to take some time and watch the short videos.
Below is an example of one that is on the Learning Theories page:
If you haven’t heard about this story yet here is the controversy. A teacher was fired from a Christian school for being pregnant before marriage. She became pregnant 3 weeks before she was to be married. Should the school have had the right to fire her? Is this crazy? Leave a comment.
Here is a link to the story: Teacher Fired
Should computer classes be mandatory? They should. This is a recycled post, meaning it was posted originally on November 19th, 2009. Take a look and feel free to leave a comment or opinion.
Link to post: Computer Literacy is Literacy
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We recently sent out a request for guest post. An opportunity for you all to vent. If you have something you want to vent about too just send it to us (here). Below is the first post we received:
I look forward to the end of the school year just like any other teacher. Why is it then that the end of the year is in many ways worse than the start of the year? It’s like the “to do” list goes on and on and on. A lot if it is fluff, things that we do just because we are “supposed” to or because “we have always done it this way”. You know what I’m talking about.
I’m in favor of less quantity and more quality.
Am I wrong for feeling this way? Am I the only one?
Thanks for reading and please come back again.
Trust me, there is some good stuff on here. It’s called FREE-Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. It’s well organized by topic/subject and most of the sites that I looked at were very relevant and useful. Be sure to scroll down a bit on the FREE site for specific categories.
Continue reading ‘Free Lessons and Sites From Federal Agencies’
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