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Presenting about presenting


On Wednesday I had an opportunity to present to a sub-set of the faculty on some ideas for improving their use of presentation software. It’s been a rub with me that teachers (and administrators - myself included!) have abused slides as the 21st century equivalent of the overhead projector.
Embarrassingly enough, until I started reading […]

Theater class improves presentation skills


I’m doing it again, but this time for our staff. My last presentation was given to a group of pre-service teachers about the value of lecturing in today’s classroom.
Next up is a professional development for some current teachers in my building. This one won’t focus so generally on the practice of “lecturing,” rather it […]

Yes, but what Lexile?


I’m not working hard enough…

[As seen at dy/dan]

Roadblocks


I’ve got a couple of papers to write for a grad school class I’m taking on “Ethics and Professionalism in Education.” One of them needs to focus on an “acculturation experience” from my life or career. I think I’ve been “acculturated” so many times that I didn’t know where to start. Moving from school to […]