Archive for the ‘inquiry-based learning’ Category

Learning to Change the Way We Teach

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

2:45-3:45 NCLSMA Session Learning to Change the Way We Teach: Lessons Learned from a Collaborative Unit Collaborate. Integrate. Reflect. We’ve heard it all before. But really, how do people do it? Join us as we share our collaborated research unit. Learn how we ...

NCSLMA 2008

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

I hit the road tomorrow for Winston-Salem, N.C. for the 8th annual conference of the North Carolina School Library Media Association.  This year's theme is “Innovation: Media Specialists for Change ”.  I'm particularly looking forward to the Keynote address by Mike Eisenberg, one of the creators of the Big6 research ...

Happy New (Academic) Year

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Our 08-09 school year kicked off today. Parents, teachers, and students alike all expressed disbelief that the summer has ended. As I set out on another year I have made a few resolutions (in no particular order) - Continue to expand and depend on my Professional Learning Network (PLN). ...

Are you boring?

Friday, April 25th, 2008

In a recent post on his blog Ideas and Thoughts David Shareski ponders a question - can teachers be entertaining and informative? He created this quadrant as a visual. Where do you place yourself? How would your students rate your teaching style? Do you believe that learning can ...