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ana's education blog: September 2010
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Building my views and ideas about teaching methods. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Back in my Kindergarten days, my teacher communicated with her parents and students via recorded telephone message. Every week (or month? Sixteen years later, of course there is a change in the way teachers keep in touch with parents (and students) outside of the classroom. If a teacher needs volunteers, s/he can post about it on the blog, and parents can divvy up the responsibilities via commenting on the post. I think this...
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ana's education blog: long live snail mail
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Building my views and ideas about teaching methods. Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Long live snail mail. In reading Ch. 2, Ellis (2010) stated:. Children today are connected to the world. A generation ago, pen pals wrote to each other using "snail mail." Today they correspond. Instantly through the various avenues of the Internet. News is instantaneous. I remember talking to an elderly woman who told me that. Media affects our lives immediately. News coverage is constant. The other day Mubarak. We believe...
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ana's education blog: February 2011
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Building my views and ideas about teaching methods. Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Fundamental knowledge of social sciences. In my elementary school days, social sciences memories are few and far between. Maybe they were non-existent? Maybe they were so awful I purposefully removed them from my memory? Maybe I'm just old and just forgot? But, the truth of the matter is, that I'm probably just a really good people watcher. That, and I cringe when people can't load a dishwasher economically (Thanks Dad! Histo...
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